bale

• ballast
• boatload
• body
• bulk
• bundle
• burden
• cargo
• carload
• consignment
• deadweight
• draft
• freight
• haul
• lading
• load
• loading
• manifest
• mass
• overload
• pack
• package
• packet
• parcel
• payload
• shipload
• shipment
• surcharge
• trainload
• truckload
• wagonload
• weight

• noun
  1. Evil, especially considered as an active force for destruction or death.
  2. Suffering, woe, torment.
  3. A large fire, a conflagration or bonfire.
  4. A funeral pyre.
  5. A beacon-fire.
  6. A rounded bundle or package of goods in a cloth cover, and corded for storage or transportation.
  7. A bundle of compressed wool or hay, compacted for shipping and handling.
  8. A measurement of hay equal to 10 flakes. Approximately 70-90 lbs (32-41 kg).
  9. A measurement of paper equal to 10 reams.
• verb
  1. To remove water from a boat with buckets etc.

• The farmer loaded a bale of hay onto the truck to feed the livestock.
• She tied the bale of cloth securely with twine before transporting it to the market.
• Each bale of cotton weighed several hundred pounds and required machinery to move.
• The fisherman cast his net and hauled in a bale of tangled seaweed along with the day's catch.
• After the storm, volunteers helped clear the beach of debris, including a bale of plastic bottles washed ashore.

lading

pack

package

packet

pallet

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