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bale
1[ beyl ]
noun
- a large bundle or package prepared for shipping, storage, or sale, especially one tightly compressed and secured by wires, hoops, cords, or the like, and sometimes having a wrapping or covering:
a bale of cotton; a bale of hay.
- a group of turtles.
verb (used with object)
- to make or form into bales:
to bale wastepaper for disposal.
bale
2[ beyl ]
noun
- evil; harm; misfortune.
- woe; misery; sorrow.
bale
3[ beyl ]
noun
bale
4[ beyl ]
verb (used with or without object)
- a spelling variant of bail 3( defs 1, 2, 4 ).
â
5[ bahl ]
noun
- French name of Basel.
â
1/ ɑ /
noun
- the French name for Basle
bale
2/ ɪ /
noun
- a large bundle, esp of a raw or partially processed material, bound by ropes, wires, etc, for storage or transportation
bale of hay
- a large package or carton of goods
- 500 pounds of cotton
- a group of turtles
- See wool bale
verb
- to make (hay, etc) into a bale or bales
- to put (goods) into packages or cartons
- to pack and compress (wool) into wool bales
bale
3/ ɪ /
noun
- evil; injury
- woe; suffering; pain
bale
4/ ɪ /
verb
- a variant spelling of bail 2
bale
5/ ɪ /
noun
- a variant spelling of bail 4
Other 51Թ Forms
- l adjective
- İ noun
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of bale1
Origin of bale2
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of bale1
Origin of bale2
Example Sentences
“We hadn’t gotten it all the way to bottom yet, so we had hay bales to stop the car in case it didn’t stop,” Gurr says.
Before tyres leave the UK they are compressed into huge rubber cubes known as "bales".
Discussions about “saving the sea” have persisted for decades, yet there are only hay bales to show for it.
A few weeks ago some 200 farmers dumped bales of straw in front of the Grand Palais museum and exhibition centre in Paris.
As the cartel’s main cannabis distributor in California, Escobedo earned the nickname “El Mago” — The Magician — for his ability to make bales of it vanish by the ton.
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