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“Palate” or “Palette” or “Pallet”

palate / palette / pallet are similar-sounding terms with different meanings (referred to as homophones). To better understand the differences, see below for definitions, pronunciation guides, and example sentences using each term.

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Definitions

What each term means

Same sound, different spellings and meanings, shown with a pronunciation guide for each term.

palate p·AE·l·ah·t

  • nounthe upper surface of the mouth that separates the oral and nasal cavities.

palette p·AE·l·ah·t

  • nounthe range of colour characteristic of a particular artist or painting or school of art.
  • nounboard that provides a flat surface on which artists mix paints and the range of colors used.

pallet p·AE·l·ah·t

  • nouna portable platform for storing or moving goods that are stacked on it.
  • nouna hand tool with a flat blade used by potters for mixing and shaping clay.
  • nouna mattress filled with straw or a pad made of quilts; used as a bed.
Usage

Examples in context

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“palate”

  • Palate Press The Online Wine Magazine…
  • …behind the end of the palate, is rounded at the frond…
  • …a cleansing agent on the palate by binding to the grease…
  • …during swallowing as the soft palate is not present to close…
  • Palate Press
  • …rarely reported on the soft palate and floor of the mouth.
  • The palate itself is flat and ends…
  • Cleft lip and palate is a multi-factorial congenital disorder…
  • …the palatal processes, a cleft palate is the opening of the…
  • …a drying effect on the palate.

“palette”

  • …for using too narrow a palette, with too many greys and…
  • …to the Mediterranean and the palette of Matisse .
  • …the half-empty country in a palette of bright shades and colors.
  • …Great American Nude in a palette limited to those colors and…
  • In addition to sound palette and form, there were the…
  • …Book Resources said: "The color palette seems vintage and dusty, recalling…
  • …great detail with a varied palette, probably in homage to the…
  • …versions used a blue/orange/white/black default palette, which was selected for high…
  • Users have an expanded palette of editing tools (including the…
  • …and his own unclassifiable sonic palette.

“pallet”

  • …had to construct a wooden pallet.
  • A pallet factory works wood from the
  • …note, director, gallery, portrait, brush, pallet, montage, surrealism, impressionism, fauvism, cubism,…

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