Synonyms for pallet


Grammar : Noun
Spell : pal-it
Phonetic Transcription : ˈpæl ɪt

Top 10 synonyms for pallet Other synonyms for the word pallet

Définition of pallet

Origin :
  • "mattress," late 14c., from Anglo-French paillete "straw, bundle of straw," Old French paillet "chaff, bundle of straw," from paille "straw" (12c.), from Latin palea "chaff," perhaps cognate with Sanskrit palavah, Old Church Slavonic pleva, Russian peleva, Lithuanian pelus.
  • As in bed : noun furniture for sleeping
  • As in mattress : noun bedding
  • As in bundle : noun accumulation, package of something
  • As in bunk : noun twin bed, usually stacked; place to sleep
  • As in stretcher : noun litter
Example sentences :
  • Seizing the sheath with the other hand, that the pallet had dropped from.
  • Extract from : « Poems » by William D. Howells
  • Another struck him in the chest, knocking him to the pallet.
  • Extract from : « Acid Bath » by Vaseleos Garson
  • That night a child was born to Julia, on a pallet of dried grass and prowler skins.
  • Extract from : « Space Prison » by Tom Godwin
  • He squatted down beside Chiara's pallet and knew there could be no hope for him.
  • Extract from : « Space Prison » by Tom Godwin
  • He took the clothes up to his room, and hid them under the pallet.
  • Extract from : « Through Three Campaigns » by G. A. Henty
  • Now and again it was my turn to lie in that pallet in her chamber.
  • Extract from : « In Convent Walls » by Emily Sarah Holt
  • She was appointed to the pallet for that night, so we three lay all in our chamber.
  • Extract from : « In Convent Walls » by Emily Sarah Holt
  • A pallet on the earthern floor was the only sleeping accommodation.
  • Extract from : « From Slave to College President » by Godfrey Holden Pike
  • Did he address this fragment of litany to the Holy Virgin, or to the pallet?
  • Extract from : « Notre-Dame de Paris » by Victor Hugo
  • These tangents meet on the line of centers at A, which will be the pallet center.
  • Extract from : « An Analysis of the Lever Escapement » by H. R. Playtner

Antonyms for pallet

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