bale

About 1.00 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun Evil, especially considered as an active force for destruction or death.
2. noun Suffering, woe, torment.
3. noun A large fire, a conflagration or bonfire.
4. noun A funeral pyre.
5. noun A beacon-fire.
6. noun A rounded bundle or package of goods in a cloth cover, and corded for storage or transportation.
7. noun A bundle of compressed fibers (especially hay, straw, cotton, or wool), compacted for shipping and handling and bound by twine or wire.
8. noun A measurement of hay equal to 10 flakes. Approximately 70-90 lbs (32-41 kg).

Similar words

basle basel bunch bundle packaging package packing ball pell gunshot

Often followed by

of and out to is in was or for

Word family

bail baled baler balers bales baling