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Meanings of bale in English

Portuguese
basileia

A city in northwestern Switzerland.

        basileia

        Unit of paper measurement.

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              Examples for "paper bale"
              Examples for "paper bale"
              1
              They will also closely inspect our 'soft mix' paper bales, too.
              The Guardian
              2
              Small horse-drawn wagons carry the manufactured tea in big, well-tied, pink paper bales.
              The Foundations of Japan / Notes Made During Journeys Of 6,000 M...
              3
              The van jerked sideways, out of control, and ploughed head first into a pile of paper bales.
              Carte Blanche

              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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