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   bale

   /beɪl/

   noun

   • 1. a large wrapped or bound bundle of paper, hay, or cotton: "the fire destroyed 500 bales of hay"
   • ▪ the quantity in a bale as a measure, specifically (in the US) 500 lb of cotton: "world cotton consumption was a record 86 m bales"

   verb

   • 1. make up into bales: "the straw is left on the field to be baled later"

   Word Origin Middle English: probably from Middle Dutch, from Old French; ultimately of Germanic origin and related to ball1.

   Scrabble Points: 6

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