baled

Tied for storage

Baled is the past tense of bale, meaning to compress and bind material into compact bundles.

Hay, straw, cotton, and recyclables are commonly baled for storage or transport: We baled hay all afternoon.

Separately, to bale out (chiefly British) means to parachute from an aircraft or escape a difficult situation—more often spelled bail out in American English.

farming

haystack

Piled dried grass

fodder · alfalfa · hay · pasture · meadow · livestock · ranching · barn · tractor · combine

recycling

cardboard

Rigid paper for containers

aluminum · scrap · waste · compacted · compressed · sorting · processing · recyclable · materials · collection

shipping

freight

Goods being transported

containerized · stacking · warehouse · loading · trucking · logistics · haulage · distribution · export · cotton

harvest

windrow

Row of cut crop

scythe · crop · grain · cereal · gathering · cutting · curing · tedding · raking · collection

Categories
Opposites
compaction/binding state

baledloose

Not firmly secured

unbaled · scattered · unbound · unpacked · spread

containment/restraint

baledfree

Without payment or restriction

loose · unconfined · unrestricted · released · liberated

Phrases
Family

bale, bales, baler, baling, balers, unbaled

Familiarity
Top 200,000
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Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G