Bale vs Baler - What's the difference?
bale | baler |
Evil, especially considered as an active force for destruction or death.
Suffering, woe, torment.
* 1596 , (Edmund Spenser), The Faerie Queene , VI.7:
(obsolete) A large fire, a conflagration or bonfire.
(archaic) A funeral pyre.
(archaic) A beacon-fire.
A rounded bundle or package of goods in a cloth cover, and corded for storage or transportation.
A bundle of compressed wool or hay, compacted for shipping and handling.
A measurement of hay equal to 10 flakes. Approximately 70-90 lbs (32-41 kg).
A measurement of paper equal to 10 reams.
To wrap into a bale.
(British, nautical) To remove water from a boat with buckets etc.
A machine for creating bales, e.g., of hay or cotton.
A person who creates bales, either by operating]] or [[feed, feeding such a machine, or by creating the bales by hand.
As nouns the difference between bale and baler
is that bale is evil, especially considered as an active force for destruction or death or bale can be (obsolete) a large fire, a conflagration or bonfire or bale can be a rounded bundle or package of goods in a cloth cover, and corded for storage or transportation while baler is a machine for creating bales, eg, of hay or cotton.As a verb bale
is to wrap into a bale or bale can be (british|nautical) to remove water from a boat with buckets etc.bale
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) .Noun
(-)- That other swayne, like ashes deadly pale, / Lay in the lap of death, rewing his wretched bale .
Derived terms
* balefulEtymology 2
Form (etyl) (which may have been the direct source for the English word).Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* balefire * balefulEtymology 3
Precise derivation uncertain: perhaps from (etyl) (m), (m), from , from (etyl); or perhaps from (etyl) (m), itself borrowed from (etyl).Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* bale of diceCoordinate terms
* (measurement of paper) bundle, quire, reamSee also
*Verb
(bal)Etymology 4
Alternative spelling of (bail)Verb
(bal)See also
*Anagrams
* English terms with multiple etymologies ----baler
English
(wikipedia baler)Noun
(en noun)- Farmer Jones is in straits because his baler is broken down and he's got three fields of hay ready to bale.
- Hank worked as a baler for Farmer Jones part time, to make ends meet.