pallets

noun

plural of pallet
as in mattresses

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Recent Examples of pallets In a typical winter, the store would have up to four different kinds of deicing salt, 20 pallets or more, with each pallet holding 50 or more bags. — Keith Matheny, Freep.com, 29 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pallets
  1. mattresses
  2. beds
  3. bunks
  4. racks
Noun
  • Body Support Is More Than Mattress Firmness Many shoppers use words such as soft, medium, or firm when comparing mattresses.
    — Wyles Daniel, USA Today, 19 Aug. 2026
  • This practice was common enough that early 20th century police records were reportedly full of fines for residents blocking fire escapes with their mattresses.
    — Mack DeGeurin, Popular Science, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of mattresses
Noun
  • The airline unveiled new business-class seats for its Airbus A321XLR fleet, including lie-flat beds and privacy doors.
    — Jenny Lee, CNBC, 27 Aug. 2026
  • His method involves knowing exactly where buck beds are located, then getting as close to them as possible.
    — Josh Honeycutt, Outdoor Life, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of beds
Noun
  • The unit was nearly full, and the only empty spaces were on the top bunks.
    — Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker, 13 July 2026
  • Whatever its former luxury, the boat now had cabins crammed with four-person bunks and an atmosphere thick with the scent of unwashed bodies and the steam of rations.
    — Kevin Maurer, The Atlantic, 6 June 2026
Definition of bunks
Noun
  • In plain terms, the first racks Anthropic can use and the first chips Nvidia can ship arrive together, with no slack between them.
    — Jon Markman, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Fernandez earned his way back as a senior, then started coaching as a student assistant pursuing an associate’s degree at Miami-Dade College in the early 1990s, washing uniforms and sweeping floors and filling ball racks and taping ankles.
    — Brian Hamilton, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of racks

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“Pallets.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pallets. Accessed 1 Sep. 2026.

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