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Meanings of bale in English

Portuguese
basileia

A city in northwestern Switzerland.

basileia

Unit of paper measurement.

Synonyms
Examples for "Basel"
Examples for "Basel"
1
That rule however has not yet been finalized by the Basel group.
Reuters
2
The bank said it carefully monitored new regulatory developments like Basel III.
Reuters
3
Number two was Geneva; Zurich and Basel came in fourth and ninth.
The Irish Times
4
This is far higher than what was agreed globally in Basel III.
Reuters
5
The clock is ticking, said University of Basel law professor Mark Pieth.
Reuters
1
The most reliable portrait of this artist is in the Basle Museum.
A History of Art for Beginners and Students: Painting, Sculpture...
2
After a rest Trent climbed the hill to the Basle Mission House.
A Millionaire of Yesterday
3
This had begun already on his first journey to Basle in 1514.
Erasmus and the Age of Reformation
4
This result so exasperated him, that he left Basle in high dudgeon.
Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 3
5
He is working now at one of the Basle mission-places near Attra.
A Millionaire of Yesterday

Bundle of certain materials, like hay, straw, or cotton.

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Usage of bale in English
1
She has now built and is settled in her straw bale house.
Radio NZ
2
As soon as he touched the floor, he sank onto a bale.
The story of edgar sawtelle
3
His men are over my house like moths in a cloth bale.
The Refugees / A Tale of Two Continents
4
In mid-September I introduced round-bale silage to the cows after evening milking.
Independent.ie
5
In the morning we had to take that bale to the gin.
Hill girl
6
The men were wriggling nervously, and he ordered every second bale forward.
Children of the Frost
7
I should think she'd have a bale of it by this time.
Buttered Side Down: Stories
8
He got one bale of cotton out of every three he made.
Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States...
9
Been many a day since I sold a bale a cotton myself.
Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States...
10
Six hundred yards from this camp there was a bale of forage.
Scott's Last Expedition, Volume I / Being the journals of Captai...
11
At Elbasan we found a bale of publications awaiting us, sent from
Twenty Years of Balkan Tangle
12
Spencer took Ali's arm and dragged her behind a nearby hay bale.
Perfect
13
Arren unslung his quiver and sat down on a bale of hay.
The dark griffin
14
Another bale of straw hit the hangman's head, nearly knocking him down.
The hangman's daughter
15
You don't have a bale of hay on you, by any chance?
The Tarn of Eternity
16
Now is Aurelie come, and Uther his brother, who send thee bale!
Layamon's Brut
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