bales

Bound farm packages

Bales is the plural of bale, a large bundle of material compressed and bound for storage or transport: bales of hay, bales of cotton, bales of recycled cardboard.

As a verb, bales means to form such bundles: The farmer bales the alfalfa in late summer.

To bale out is a British spelling variant of bail out.

agriculture

hay

Dried feed crop

silage · forage · cotton · wool · livestock · feed · cattle · farming · ranching · pasture

bundling

twine

Stranded cord for tying

wrapped · tied · compact · rectangular · cylindrical · round · square · stacking · loading · transport

storage

warehouse

Bulk goods storage building

  • barnAgricultural storage structure
  • siloAgricultural storage tower
  • shedCast off naturally

loft · pallets · stacking · inventory · dry · ventilation · preservation · climate-controlled · granary · stockpile

weight

tonnage

Ship's weight capacity

load · bulk · density · hauling · lifting · cargo · freight · payload · hoisting · forklift

obstacle

barrier

Obstruction preventing passage

obstruction · impediment · stumbling block · hindrance · fortification · cover · sandbags · defensive · makeshift

Categories
Opposites
compression and binding state

balesunbundled

Sold as separate items

unbound · strewn · heaps · windrows · scattered

quantity and unit size

balesstrands

Twisted filaments or elements

wisps · handfuls · tufts · fibers · flakes

Phrases
Family

bale, baleful, baling, balefully, baled, balefire

Familiarity
Top 100,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G