bale
Meaning of bale
noun
- a large wrapped or bound bundle of paper, hay, or cotton.
the fire destroyed 500 bales of hay
- make up into bales.
the straw is left on the field to be baled later
Middle English: probably from Middle Dutch, from Old French; ultimately of Germanic origin and related to ball1.
noun
evil considered as a destructive force.
Old English balu, bealu, of Germanic origin.
verb
variant spelling of bail3.
verb- scoop water out of a boat or ship.
when we started bailing, the boat was filled with water
those on board tried desperately to bail water from the sinking craft
- abandon a commitment, obligation, or activity.
after 12 years of this, including Sunday Mass with the family, I bailed
I couldn't handle the crowds, so I bailed
he looks a little like the other guy that bailed on me
early 17th century: from obsolete bail ‘bucket’, from French baille, based on Latin bajulus ‘carrier’.
Information about bale
- The plural form of bale is: bales.
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Hyphenation of bale
bale
- It consists of 1 syllables and 4 chars.
- bale is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
bale synonyms
Meaning Basel:
Meaning a collection of things or quantity of material tied or wrapped up together:
Meaning a framework, typically consisting of rafters, posts, and struts, supporting a roof, bridge, or other structure:
Meaning a number of things, typically of the same kind, growing or fastened together:
Meaning a small cardboard or paper container and the items contained within it:
Meaning an object or group of objects wrapped in paper or packed in a box:
Meaning an object or collection of objects wrapped in paper in order to be carried or sent by post:
Meaning a heavy or bulky thing that is being carried or is about to be carried:
Translation of bale
Anagrams of bale
Abel, abel, able, albe, Bael, Beal, beal, Bela, bela, blae, blea, Elba, Labe
Words that rhyme with bale
Bale, rebale, Annibale, embale, lambale, lumbale, timbale, unbale, Lobale, bubale
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