# another word for pallet

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [December 14, 2002, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-word-for-pallet/142753 "2002-12-14T17:54:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![curwin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@curwin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curwin)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2002, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-word-for-pallet/142753/1 "2002-12-14T17:54:03Z")

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I have been going crazy trying to remember another word I once heard for _pallet_, as in a wooden portable platform used for storing or moving cargo or freight.

I heard it used in factories in New England if it helps.

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**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2002, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-word-for-pallet/142753/2 "2002-12-14T17:57:00Z")

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Dolly? Flat?

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**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2002, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-word-for-pallet/142753/3 "2002-12-14T18:03:28Z")

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I been places where they were called skids.

Pallet was more common–'cause we used pallet jacks to move them.

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**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2002, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-word-for-pallet/142753/4 "2002-12-14T18:27:51Z")

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Skids is the term I’m familiar with.

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**Author:** ![Kricket](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f14d63/32.png) [@Kricket](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kricket)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2002, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-word-for-pallet/142753/5 "2002-12-14T18:35:09Z")

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I know a few words for them but they are more suitable for the pit.  
I work with pallets all weekend and let me tell you they are a big pain in the butt.

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**Author:** ![Haywood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Haywood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Haywood)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2002, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-word-for-pallet/142753/6 "2002-12-14T21:26:22Z")

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> \*Originally posted by curwin \*  
> \*\*I heard it used in factories in New England if it helps. \*\*

New England does have some unusal names for things. A milk shake is a frappe there. I have heard them referred to as a skid, a slip, a flat and as a bolster in addition to pallet.

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**Author:** ![Forbin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5e9695/32.png) [@Forbin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Forbin)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2002, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-word-for-pallet/142753/7 "2002-12-14T23:27:31Z")

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Dunnage?