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   pallet

   /ˈpalɪt/

   noun

   • 1. a portable platform on which goods can be stacked, stored, and moved.
   • 2. a flat wooden blade with a handle, used to shape clay or plaster.
   • 3. a projection on a machine part, serving to change the mode of motion of a wheel.
   • ▪ (in a clock or watch) a projection transmitting motion from an escapement to a pendulum or balance wheel.

   Word Origin late Middle English (in pallet2 (sense 2)): from French palette ‘little blade’, from Latin pala ‘spade’ (related to palus ‘stake’).

   Derivatives

   • 1. palleted adjective

   Scrabble Points: 8

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     3

   • A

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   • L

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   • L

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   • E

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