bale

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

bale [bale bales baled baling] noun, verb BrE [beɪl] NAmE [beɪl]
noun
a large amount of a light material pressed tightly together and tied up
•bales of hay/straw/cotton/wool

Word Origin:
Middle English: probably from Middle Dutch, from Old French; ultimately of Germanic origin and related to ↑ball ‘spherical object’.
Derived: ↑bale out ▪ ↑bale somebody out ▪ ↑bale something out
 
verb
1. ~ sth to make sth into ↑bales
•The waste paper is baled, then sent for recycling.
2. ~ sb (to do sth) (BrE) = ↑bail
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
Middle English: probably from Middle Dutch, from Old French; ultimately of Germanic origin and related to ↑ball ‘spherical object’.
 

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  Basel, Basle, Bale