Sort of knife a friend's allowed to have (6)
I believe the answer is:
pallet
'sort of knife' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps there's a link between them I don't understand?
'a friend's allowed to have' is the wordplay.
'a friend's allowed' becomes 'pal' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'to have' becomes 'let' ('let' can be a synonym of 'have').
'pal'+'let'='PALLET'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for pallet that I've seen before include "Wooden platform for moving and storing goods" , "Forklift truck's tray" , "Tray for lifting and stacking goods" , "Stacking platform; straw bed" , "For mixing paint or moving goods" .)