CEFR B2

bale

noun

Meaning

A large, tightly compressed bundle of material, such as hay, cotton, or paper, secured with wire or twine for storage and transport.

Examples

The workers loaded every bale of cotton onto the waiting truck.
We found a stray bale of straw left in the field after the harvest.

Synonyms: bundle, pack, stack, sheaf

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bale (B2)

noun

Pronunciation: /beɪl/

Definition

A large, tightly compressed bundle of material, such as hay, cotton, or paper, secured with wire or twine for storage and transport.

Examples

The workers loaded every bale of cotton onto the waiting truck.
We found a stray bale of straw left in the field after the harvest.
The recycling center processes tons of paper into a single, dense bale.

How to Use bale

bale of [material] (collocation): A bundle consisting of a specific substance. — "She sat on a bale of straw in the garden."
bale [something] up (phrasal verb): To compress material into a bundle. — "They had to bale up all the loose paper before the truck arrived."

Synonyms of bale

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