pallet

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun the range of colour characteristic of a particular artist or painting or school of art
  2. noun a portable platform for storing or moving goods that are stacked on it
  3. noun a hand tool with a flat blade used by potters for mixing and shaping clay

Etymology

From Middle English paillet, from Anglo-Norman paillete (“bundle of straw”), from Old French paille (“straw, chaff”), from Latin palea (“chaff”).

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