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   Bale

   /bāl/

   

   noun

   • 1. a bundle of paper, hay, cotton, etc., tightly wrapped and bound with cords or hoops: "the fire destroyed 500 bales of hay"
   • ▪ the quantity in a bale as a measure, especially 500 pounds of cotton: "world cotton consumption was a record 86 m bales"

   verb

   • 1. make (something) into bales: "they baled a lot of good hay"

   Word Origin Middle English: probably from Middle Dutch, from Old French; ultimately of Germanic origin and related to ball1.

   Scrabble Points: 6

   • B

     3

   • A

     1

   • L

     1

   • E

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