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Definition of bale noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

bale

noun
 
/beɪl/
 
/beɪl/
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  1. a large amount of a light material pressed tightly together and tied up
    • bales of hay/straw/cotton/wool
    Topics Farmingc2
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryBale is used after these nouns:
    • hay
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    Word OriginMiddle English: probably from Middle Dutch, from Old French; ultimately of Germanic origin and related to ball ‘spherical object’.
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