bale

A large, tightly bound bundle of material, such as hay, cotton, or paper, prepared for storage or transportation.

• 🇫🇷Gros paquet de matériau, tel que foin, coton ou papier, comprimé et lié fermement, préparé pour le stockage ou le transport.

1. Large bundle B1 formal

   A large, tightly bound bundle of material, such as hay, cotton, or paper, prepared for storage or transportation.

   • The farmer stacked the bales of hay in the barn.
   • Cotton bales were loaded onto the ship for export.
   • A bale of recycled paper was delivered to the factory.

   🇫🇷Balle (gros paquet)

   Synonymes: bunchbundleloadpackparceltruss

• bales plural form
• bales' possessive plural form
• bale's possessive singular form

A verb used to indicate the act of removing water from a boat or, in informal contexts, to leave or abandon a situation.

• 🇫🇷Verbe utilisé pour désigner l'action d'évacuer l'eau d'un bateau ou, en contexte informel, le fait de partir ou de se retirer d'une situation.

1. Make into a bale B2 formal

   To compress and bind material, such as hay, cotton, or paper, into a compact bundle for storage or transport.

   • The farmer baled the hay before the rain started.
   • Workers bale the recycled cardboard for shipping.
   • They used a machine to bale the cotton efficiently.

   🇫🇷Mettre en balles

   Synonymes: bundlecompresspacktruss

• baled past participle
• baled past simple
• baling present participle
• bales third person singular

Variantes phrasal: bale out