Meaning of bale in English

Examples of bale

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They refused to feed their cattle baled hay for fear of disease.
Five bales from each site were split to obtain a random sample of c. 1 kg of hay from each bale for accurate weighing.
The 'north' microsite was located at the base of the north bale on its north side.
Both total costs per hectare and cost per bale were calculated.
I am to suppose myself a bale of rags.
It can therefore be difficult to achieve the straw moisture contents of less than 200 mg/g that are required prior to cutting and baling.
The teachers and pupils waited in the school courtyard to help the farmers unload several hundred bales of straw.
Since then, the programme has received financial bale-outs and has undergone a series of largely failed reform efforts.
The farms in question used their own standard, traditional methods of making and baling the hay.
Crinkles in clothes taken from bales are preserved, for example, because carefully washed and ironed clothes could equally well have come from a local grave.
They had also to prepare food for them and provide several hundred bales of straw.
The increased costs per bale were mainly due to lower yields in the organic system (see below).
Costs of production per bale were on average 37% higher for organic than for conventional cotton.
Oats would be harvested for grain and the straw baled; a single alfalfa harvest would be taken one month after oat harvest.
Other habitat includes edge of woodland, hedgerow, canal, willows, pond, and hay bales.
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Translations of bale

in Chinese (Traditional)
大包, 大捆, 除去水…
in Chinese (Simplified)
大包, 大捆, 除去水…
in Spanish
bala, fardo, baldear…
in Portuguese
fardo…
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大量の物を束ねたもの, 圧縮こん包した大型物…
balya, demet, deste…
balle, écoper…
bala…
كَومة…
balík, žok, vybírat (vodu z lodi)…
balle, øse…
segulung, satu bal, menguras…
หีบห่อมัดรวมกันเป็นตั้ง, วิดน้ำ…
kiện hàng, đóng thành kiện…
bela…
bandela, menimba air keluar…
der Ballen, ausschöpfen…
(høy)balle, øse…
곤포…
balla, vuotare, gettare in mare…
тюк…
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