bale

Plural: bales

Noun

• a large bundle bound for storage or transport
• a city in northwestern Switzerland
• Evil, especially considered as an active force for destruction or death.
• Suffering, woe, torment.
• A large fire, a conflagration or bonfire.
• A funeral pyre.
• A beacon-fire.
• A rounded bundle or package of goods in a cloth cover, and corded for storage or transportation.
• A bundle of compressed fibers (especially hay, straw, cotton, or wool), compacted for shipping and handling and bound by twine or wire.
• A measurement of hay equal to 10 flakes. Approximately 70-90 lbs (32-41 kg).
• A measurement of paper equal to 10 reams.
• A block of compressed cannabis.
• A group of turtles.

Verb

Verb Forms: baled, baling, bales

• To make something, such as hay, into large compressed bundles.
• make into a bale
  • "bale hay"
• To wrap into a bale.
• To remove water from a boat with buckets etc.

Examples

• He wished he could bale up all his consonants and trade them.

Synonyms

Basel, Basle

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