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Hay vs Baler - What's the difference?

hay | baler |

As nouns the difference between hay and baler

is that hay is (uncountable) grass cut and dried for use as animal fodder or hay can be the name of the letter for the h sound in pitman shorthand while baler is a machine for creating bales, eg, of hay or cotton.

As a verb hay

is to cut grasses or herb plants for use as animal fodder.

hay

English

Etymology 1

(etyl) (m), from (etyl) . More at (l).

Noun

  • (uncountable) Grass cut and dried for use as animal fodder.
  • * Camden
  • Make hay while the sun shines.
  • * C. L. Flint
  • Hay may be dried too much as well as too little.
  • (countable) Any mix of green leafy plants used for fodder.
  • (slang) Cannabis; marijuana.
  • * 1947 , William Burroughs, letter, 19 Feb 1947:
  • I would like some of that hay . Enclose $20.
  • A net set around the haunt of an animal, especially a rabbit.
  • (Rowe)
  • (obsolete) A hedge.
  • (obsolete) A circular country dance.
  • to dance the hay
    Derived terms
    * hay fever * hayloft, hay loft * haystack * hayward * hit the hay * make hay while the sun shines

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To cut grasses or herb plants for use as animal fodder.
  • To lay snares for rabbits.
  • (Huloet)

    References

    Webster's Online Dictionary article on hay

    Etymology 2

    : From the sound it represents, by analogy with other letters such as kay'' and ''gay''. The expected form in English if the ''h'' had survived in the Latin name of the letter "h", ''h? .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The name of the letter for the h sound in Pitman shorthand.
  • Anagrams

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    baler

    English

    (wikipedia baler)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A machine for creating bales, e.g., of hay or cotton.
  • Farmer Jones is in straits because his baler is broken down and he's got three fields of hay ready to bale.
  • A person who creates bales, either by operating]] or [[feed, feeding such a machine, or by creating the bales by hand.
  • Hank worked as a baler for Farmer Jones part time, to make ends meet.

    Anagrams

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