cotton bales
Gin machine output
Cotton bales are large compressed bundles of raw cotton fiber, wrapped and bound for storage and transport.
A standard bale weighs around 500 pounds.
The term evokes agricultural commerce, particularly the American South's plantation economy: Cotton bales lined the wharf awaiting shipment.
Baling compresses loose cotton into manageable, stackable units.
- bollPlant seed pod
- spinningRevolving around an axis
- exportForeign-bound sale
- ginningProcessing raw cotton
- warehouseBulk goods storage building
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- Cotton Farmingcottonseed, picking, cottonseed oil, gin, boll weevil
- cotton textilesginning, yarn, fabric, cloth, muslin
- plantationsplantation, Melrose, Monmouth, Longwood, plantation owner
- textile millstextile mill, textile mills, loom, woolen mill, looms
- freightcargo, cargo ships, air freight, freight rates, bulk freight
- textile fibersraw wool, fleece, flax, hemp, jute
fiber form/processing state
cotton balesraw cotton
Unprocessed textile fiber
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