palette, pallet
(noun) board that provides a flat surface on which artists mix paints and the range of colors used
pallette, palette
(noun) one of the rounded armor plates at the armpits of a suit of armor
palette, pallet
(noun) the range of colour characteristic of a particular artist or painting or school of art
Source: WordNet® 3.1
palette (plural palettes)
(painting) A thin board on which a painter lays and mixes colours.
The range of colors in a given work or item or body of work.
(computing, graphical user interface) A visual selection of colours, tools, commands, etc.
(historical) A plate of armour covering the points of junction at the bend of the shoulders and elbows.
A plate against which a person presses their breast to give force to a hand-operated drill.
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Source: Wiktionary
Pal"ette, n. Etym: [See Pallet a thin board.]
1. (Paint.)
Definition: A thin, oval or square board, or tablet, with a thumb hole at one end for holding it, on which a painter lays and mixes his pigments. [Written also pallet.]
2. (Anc. Armor)
Definition: One of the plates covering the points of junction at the bend of the shoulders and elbows. Fairholt.
3. (Mech.)
Definition: A breastplate for a breast drill. Palette knife, a knife with a very flexible steel blade and no cutting edge, rounded at the end, used by painters to mix colors on the grinding slab or palette.
– To set the palette (Paint.), to lay upon it the required pigments in a certain order, according to the intended use of them in a picture. Fairholt.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
31 March 2025
(adjective) done or made using whatever is available; “crossed the river on improvised bridges”; “the survivors used jury-rigged fishing gear”; “the rock served as a makeshift hammer”
According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by AlcaldĂa Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de BolĂvar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.
