bale

1. 1.

   make into a bale

   “bale hay”

   Broaderroll up

Other forms of bale

plural

bales·

past tense

baled·

present participle

baling·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about bale

What does bale mean?

bale means "a large bundle bound for storage or transport". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in bale?

bale has 1 syllable: bale. In IPA it is /ˈbeɪl/.

What is another word for bale?

Close synonyms include Basel, Basle. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is bale a common word?

bale is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with bale?

1 word rhymes with bale. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.