palletize

palletize
Ⅰ.
pallet [1] NOUN 1) a straw mattress. 2) a crude or makeshift bed.
ORIGIN Old French paillete, from Latin palea 'straw' .
Ⅱ.
pallet [2] NOUN 1) a portable platform on which goods can be moved, stacked, and stored. 2) a flat wooden blade with a handle, used to shape clay or plaster. 3) an artist's palette.
DERIVATIVES palletize (also palletise) verb.
ORIGIN French, 'little blade' , from Latin pala 'spade' .

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