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Bale

Definition: Bale

Bale

Noun

1. A large bundle bound for storage or transport.

2. A city in northwestern Switzerland.

Verb

1. Make into a bale; "bale hay".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "bale" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)


Specialty Definition: Bale

DomainDefinition

Economics

A large bundle or package of compressed and bound goods, usually with an outer covering, often of burlap. (references)

Industry

Are wrapped in burlap and banded with steel bands to keep the bale in shape and to enable handling. Source: European Union. (references)

Literature

Bale When bale is highest, boot is nighest. When things have come to the worst they must needs mend. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.

Publishing & Graphic Arts

Solid pressed packaging unit for sheets of paper or board, often with a protective wrapping. Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonyms: Bale

Synonyms: Basel (n), Basle (n). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Bale

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Assemblage

Group, cluster, Pleiades, clump, pencil; set, batch, lot, pack; budget, assortment, bunch; parcel; packet, package; bundle, fascine, fasces, bale; seron, seroon; fagot, wisp, truss, tuft; shock, rick, fardel, stack, sheaf, fascicle, fascicule, fasciculus, gavel, hattock, stook.

Contents

Noun: contents; cargo, lading, freight, shipment, load, bale, burden, jag; cartload, shipload; cup of, basket of; (receptacle) of; inside.; stuffing, ullage.

Ejection

Tap, draw off; bale out, lade out; let blood, broach.

Evil

Disaster, accident, casualty; mishap; (misfortune); bad job, devil to pay; calamity, bale, catastrophe, tragedy; ruin; (destruction); adversity.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Bale

English words defined with "bale": Bale tie, Baled, BalingCeroonEmbalehay baleMocheSarplar. (references)
Specialty definitions using "bale": BALE-TIE-MACHINE OPERATORchopper feeder, cloth layer-out, CLOTH MEASURER, MACHINE, Commodity loan rates, COTTON BALER, cotton feeder, COTTON SAMPLER, COTTON TIERDICE, dumped baleGIN CLERK, GOODS LAYERHigh-Density Compression, hoist worker, HOP WEIGHERLABORER, HIGH-DENSITY PRESS, Loan ratemeasurer, machine, measuring percher-and-inspectorOFFAL ICER, POULTRYParity price, PINCH CLEAT, PRESS FEEDER, BROOMCORN, presser, cotton ginning, PUMP-PRESS OPERATORROTARY-CUTTER OPERATOR, RUBBER CUTTERscale clerk, sliver chopper, STAPLE CUTTER, stock cutter, STRAPPING TOOL, SUMATRA OPENERTHRESHER, BROOMCORN, tie-out worker, tube depatcher, TUBE SORTERwaste chopper, wire-loop-machine operator. (references)
Etymologies containing "bale": Ball. (references)
Non-English Usage: "Bale" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Latin (unidentified plant), Romanian (slabber, slaver, slime, slobber), Serbo-Croatian (drivel, slaver, slobber, snivel, snot), Turkish (ballet), Welsh (ballet).

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Modern Usage: Bale

DomainUsage

Screenplays

This is a long time since I've seen cotton from a bale. (Cotton Comes to Harlem; writing credit: Ossie Davis; Chester Himes)

You ain't never seen a bale of cotton (Cotton Comes to Harlem; writing credit: Ossie Davis; Chester Himes)

Movie/TV Titles

Bale Pandiya (1962)

Father Buys a Bale (1914)

Song Titles

Pick A Bale Of Cotton (performing artist: Lonnie Donegan)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Bale

DomainTitle

Books

  • Bale O' Cotton: The Mechanical Art of Cotton Ginning (Centennial Series of the Association of Former Students, Texas A&m University, No 43) (reference)

  • Books of Bale (reference)

  • Buildings of Earth and Straw: Structural Design for Rammed Earth and Straw Bale Architecture (reference)

  • John Bale (Twayne's English Authors Series, No 520) (reference)

  • Shades of Bale (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Bale

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Photo Album: Bale

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Members of the Randolph Air Force Base recycling center bale cardboard as part of the base's profitable recycling efforts. Air Education and Training Command is cashing in on trash, becoming the first federal agency to enter into a cooperative partnership.

Herb Webb (left), NRCS Resource Conservationist, Flathead Indian Reservation Tribal Complex, Pablo, MT, and Joel Clairmont, tribal member, local extension agent, grain, hay, and cattle producer, discuss the quality of alfalfa he is about to bale. Clairmon. Credit: Bob Nichols.

Tractor with a baler to bale pine needles for mulch on the South Central Family Farms Research Center in Boonesville, AR. Credit: USDA.

Donna Tucks reaches for a tag to identify a bale of tobacco that has been sold at auction in the S. Boston, VA. Credit: USDA.

AMS Tobacco inspectors Jim Phipps (l) and Stella Carver inspect a bale of tobacco in a warehouse in the Danville, VA area. Credit: USDA.

Straw bale structures protect burned drainage area from flooding and erosion after August 1999 wildfires, near Winnemucca, Nevada. Credit: Unknown.

Rangeland and environmental educationBoise FrontTending our FoothillsMedia CoverageStraw bale check damsFour Rivers Field OfficeLSRDLower Snake River District. Credit: Barry Rose.

Painting identification marks on a bale of cotton, Lehi, Arkansas. Credit: Library of Congress.

Production. Parachute cloth and shrouds. This raw silk used in manufacturing parachute cloth and shroud lines was reeled in China or Japan. The operator is removing the covering and checking the weight of a Japanese bale. Credit: Library of Congress.

Dresher, Pennsylvania. A bale of hay being dropped off the hay baling machine. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Use in Literature: Bale

TitleAuthorQuote

Grapes of Wrath

Steinbeck, John

He was picking up the second rabbit when Casy came back with a snarl of bale wire in his hand

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Bale

SubjectTopicQuote

Business

Moreover, reducing one ton of waste to a 3 cubic meter bale will save on landfill space. (references)

Economic History

Pakistan

The country produced approximately 10.7 million bales (each bale weighing 480 lbs.) this year, which was 3.7 million bales higher than in FY00-01. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Bale

"Bale" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 65.19% of the time. "Bale" is used about 135 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)65.19%8835,154
Noun (proper)34.07%4650,285
Lexical Verb (base form)0.74%1339,140
                    Total100.00%135N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Name Usage Frequency: Bale

The following table summarizes the usage of "bale" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.
NameUsage/GenderUsage per 100
million Persons
Rank in USA
BaleLast name1,00012,274
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Bale

Expressions using "bale": bale cargo bale cubic capacity bale goods bale of cloth Bale of dice bale opening bale out bale out a boat bale out water Bale tie dumped bale hay bale large bale. Additional references.

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "bale": bale-arm, bale-fire, bale-out, bale-stacks, bale-weighing.

Ending with "bale": hay-bale, round-bale.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Bale

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

christian bale

745

bale christian nude

13

bale

134

barley bale

12

straw bale house

107

bale fork

12

straw bale home

64

christian bale photo

11

hay bale

60

straw bale house plan

11

straw bale construction

51

actor christian bale

10

straw bale

50

auto bale mall

10

christian bale picture

40

straw bale house construction

10

bale chevrolet

26

bale feeder round

10

bale wagon

26

bale christian equilibrium

10

bale wrapper

24

bale wrap

9

bale honda

24

bale replacement straw

9

new holland bale wagon

23

bale handler

9

bale feeder

21

bale hay picture

8

straw bale building

18

bale hay house

8

bale spear

17

bale mover

8

christian bale pic

17

straw bale home plan

8

bale accumulator

16

bale cotton

8

bale feeder poly

16

bale christain

7

bale spike

15

bale hindi lyrics na

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Modern Translation: Bale

Language Translations for "bale"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Afrikaans

  

baal. (various references)

   

Albanian

  

bëj deng, parashutoj, deng (bundle, pack, package, truss). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏حزن (afflict, aggrieve, anger, be sorrowful, be sorry, cloud, crack, darken, depress, depression, distress, doldrums, gloom, grief, grieve, gripe, heartache, melancholy, pain, sadden, sadness, sadness pain, sorrow), ‏اذى أو شر عظيم, ‏رزم (bundle, pack, package, packing, parcel, wrap up), ‏شقاء (curse, misadventure, misery, unhappiness), ‏بالة رزمة ضخمة, ‏بالة (pack). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

беда (adversity, disaster, distress, hardship, infelicity, infliction, mischief, misfortune, plight, stroke, teen, trouble, woe), бала (pack, package), правя на бала, денк (holdall, pack, package). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

大包. (various references)

   

Czech

  

balíèkovat, žok (pocket). (various references)

   

Danish

  

balle, saek (sack), papirballe (parcel). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

baal (bundle, pack). (various references)

   

Esperanto

  

sendaĵero (bag, barrel, package), pakego. (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

محنت (Distress, Hardship, Pain, Toil, Tribulation), مصیبت (Calamity, Catastrophe, Curse, Disaster, Sorrow, Tragedy), لنگه (Doublet, Leaf, Match, Mate, Pendant), تاچه , تا (Than, Until, Upto), عدل , رنج (Agony, Discomfort, Labor, Pain, Throe, Toil, Trial, Tribulation), رقصیدن (Caper, Dance, Hoof, Hop, Lope, Tumble), بلا (Calamity, Curse, Deuce, Disaster, Misadventure, Pest, Plague, Scourge, Terror). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

paali (pack). (various references)

   

French

  

ballot, balle (ball). (various references)

   

German

  

ballen (bales, bolt, Bunion, clench, pack, pad, roll, sack), bündel (bunch, bunches, bundle, bundles, cluster, pack, package, packet, parcel, roll, sheaf, sheaves, swag, truss, wad, wads), pack (bundle, pack, rabble, riffraff, stack, vermin), bündeln (bunch, bundle, bundle up, bundles, concentrate, condense, focus, sheave, to bale, to bunch, truss). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

μπάλλα, φαλάκρα (bald head, baldness), δέμα εμπορευμάτων, δέμα (bundle, pack, package, packet, parcel), δεματιάζω (bunch, faggot, sheaf, stack, truss). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

כופת (ball, block). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

bála (package). (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

menggabungkan (band, conquer, consolidate, fuse, integrate, unite), karung (bag, sack). (various references)

   

Italian

  

balla (whopper). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

(bag counter, sack, straw bag). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

たわら (bag counter, sack, straw bag), ひょう (a council, bag counter, ballot, chart, commentary, criticism, hail, label, lean on, leopard, lie heavy, list, panther, recline on, sack, sign, straw bag, table, threat, ticket), つつみ (bank, bundle, dike, embankment, package, parcel). (various references)

   

Manx

  

teaumey (bail, bail as small boat, baling, decant, decantation, drain, draining, draw off, drawing off, empty, empty of liquid, pour out, pouring, pump empty, pump out, run off, tax as strength; teeming, tax; teeming, tip, tip as lorry), kionnan (bundle, lump, small piece of peat), bundeil (bundle, pack, package). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

alebay.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

fardo (bundle, burden, fardel, freight, pack, package, parcel, tax, truss, weight). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

balota (pack, packet, pip), balot (ballot, pack, packet), vraf (heap), teanc (heap, mound, pile, sheaf, shoal), pachet (batch, budget, bundle, pack, package, packet, parcel, sheaf), nenorocire (accident, affliction, bane, blow, calamity, catastrophe, curse, disaster, distress, evil, ill, misadventure, misery, misfortune, need, reverse, rod, scourge, sore, trouble), durere (ache, burden, complaint, dolour, grief, hurt, mourning, pain, pinch, Ruth, sorrow, suffering, torture, trouble, woe), împacheta (do up, encase, pack, package, packet, wrap, wrap up). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

тюк (pack). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

bala (bundle), složiti u bale, paket (bundle, package, packet, parcel), jamčiti (avouch, gage, guarantee). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

bala (ammunition, ball, bullet, packet, pill, shot), fardo (truss). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

packe (bunch, bundle, cluster, pack, package, parcel, sheaf, wad), bal (ball, dance, pack, package, promenade). (various references)

   

Thai

  

บรรจุหีบห่อ, หีบห่อ. (various references)

   

Turkish

  

balyalamak (shock), balya yapmak, balya (shock), suyunu boşaltmak (bail, bale out water, drain out, pump dry), paraşütle atlamak (bail out, bale out, parachute), kayığın suyunu boşaltmak (bail out water), denk (balanced, coequal, counterpoise, equal, equivalent, large package, match, matching, well-matched). (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

страждання (affliction, agony, crucifixion, gyp, heartache, infliction, misery, pain, pathos, sufferance, suffering, torment, travail, tribulation), укладати в тюки, тюк, купа (accumulation, barrel, batch, clamp, cluster, congeries, cumulus, deal, heap, huddle, lump, pile, stack, swarm, throng), вузол (knot, node, snarl, tie, twist), оберемок (armful, pitch, truss), нещастя (adversity, affliction, calamity, catastrophe, fatality, ill luck, infelicity, misadventure, misfortune, tribulation, unhappiness, work), муки (sorrows, twinge), зло (evil, ill, wrong), лихо (adversity, affliction, bad, calamity, cancer, catastrophe, curse, disaster, harm, ill, mischief, mishap, plague, woe), біда (affliction, calamity, cancer, catastrophe, evil, mischief, misfortune, need), брикетувати, брикет (bar, brick, briquette, cake), пресувати, пака (pack, package). (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

thảm hoạ nỗi đau bu"n, nỗi thống khổ (anguish, cross, torment, torture), nỗi đau đớn (affliction, anguish, sorrow). (various references)

   

Welsh

  

sypyn (batch, package, packet), pwn (burden, pack), hysbyddu cwch (bail). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Bible Trace: Bale

LanguageDateSourceGenesis Chapter 14, Verse 8
Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintExhlqen de basileuV sodomwn kai basileuV gomorraV kai basileuV adama kai basileuV sebwim kai basileuV balak auth estin shgwr kai paretaxanto autoiV eiV polemon en th koiladi th alukh
Latin405VulgateEt egressi sunt rex Sodomorum et rex Gomorrae rexque Adamae et rex Seboim necnon et rex Balae quae est Segor et direxerunt contra eos aciem in valle Silvestri
Old English990West SaxonÞa ferdon Sodomes cyning ond Gomorrahes cyning ond Admahes cyning ond Seboiimes cyning ond Belan cyning, þæt is Soares cyning, ut on gefeohte and trymodon him on Siddimes dene
Middle English1395WyclifAnd the kyng of Sodom, and the kyng of Gomorre, and the kyng of Adame, and the kyng of Soboym, also and the kyng of Bale, that is of Segor, yeden out, and thei dressiden ayens hem sheltrun in the wodi valey, that is,
Renaissance English1526TyndaleThan went out the kynge of Sodome and the kynge of Gomorra and the kinge of Adama and the kynge of Zeboijm and the kynge of Bela now called Zoar. And sette their men in aray to fyghte wyth them in the vale of siddim that is to say
Jacobean English1611King JamesAnd there went out the king of Sodom, and the king of Gomorrah, and the king of Admah, and the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (the same is Zoar;) and they joined battle with them in the vale of Siddim;
Victorian English1833WebsterAnd there went out the king of Sodom, and the king of Gomorrah, and the king of Admah, and the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela, (the same is Zoar;) and they joined battle with them in the vale of Siddim;
Basic English1964OgdenAnd the king of Sodom with the king of Gomorrah and the king of Admah and the king of Zeboiim and the king of Bela (that is Zoar), went out, and put their forces in position in the valley of Siddim,

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Matched Bible Translations: Bale

LanguageGenesis Chapter 14, Verse 8
CebuanoUg minggula ang hari sa Sodoma, ug ang hari sa Gomorra, ug ang hari sa Adma, ug ang hari sa Zeboim, ug ang hari sa Bela, nga mao si Zoar, ug nanagsugo sila sa paggubat batok kanila sa walog sa Siddim:
Chinese於 是 所 多 瑪 王 、 蛾 摩 拉 王 、 押 瑪 王 、 洗 扁 王 、 ' " 拉 王 、 ( " 拉 就 是 瑣 珥 ) 都 出 來 、 在 西 訂 谷 " 陣 、 與 他 們 交 戰 .
CroatianZatim istupi kralj Sodome, kralj Gomore, kralj Adme, kralj Sebojima i kralj Bele, odnosno Soara, te zapodjenu borbu protiv onih u dolini Sidimu:
DanishDa drog Sodomas, Gomorras, Admas, Zebojims og Belas, det er Zoats, Konger ud og indlod sig i Siddims Dal i Kamp
DutchToen toog de koning van Sodom uit, en de koning van Gomorra, en de koning van Adama, en de koning van Zeboim, en de koning van Bela, dat is Zoar; en zij stelden tegen hen slagorden in het dal Siddim,
FinnishSilloin lähtivät Sodoman kuningas, Gomorran kuningas, Adman kuningas, Seboimin kuningas ja Belan, se on Sooarin, kuningas ja asettuivat Siddimin laaksossa sotarintaan heitä vastaan -
FrenchAlors s`avancèrent le roi de Sodome, le roi de Gomorrhe, le roi d`Adma, le roi de Tseboïm, et le roi de Béla, qui est Tsoar; et ils se rangèrent en bataille contre eux, dans la vallée de Siddim,
GermanDa zogen aus der König von Sodom, der König von Gomorra, der König von Adama, der König von Zeboim und der König von Bela, das Zoar heißt, und rüsteten sich, zu streiten im Tal Siddim
HungarianKiméne tehát Sodoma királya, Gomora királya, Admáh királya, Czeboim királya, és Bélah, azaz Czoár királya, és megütközének azokkal a Sziddim völgyében:
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hariKemudian raja-raja dari Sodom, Gomora, Adma, Zeboim dan Bela mengatur barisan tentara mereka di Lembah Sidim lalu berperang
Indonesian-Terjemahan LamaMaka pada masa itu keluarlah raja Sodom dan raja Gomorah dan raja Adema dan raja Zeboyim dan raja Bela, yaitu Zoar, lalu mengikat peranglah di padang Sidim,
MaoriNa ka puta atu te kingi o Horoma, ratou ko te kingi o Komora, ko te kingi o Arema, ko te kingi o Tepoimi, me te kingi o Pera, ara o Toara; a ka turia e ratou he pakanga ki a ratou ki te raorao i Hirimi;
NorwegianDa drog kongen i Sodoma ut og kongen i Gomorra og kongen i Adma og kongen i Sebo'im og kongen i Bela, det er Soar, og stilte sig i fylkning mot dem i Siddim-dalen,
RumanianAtunci au iewit kmpqratul Sodomei, kmpqratul Gomorei, kmpqratul Admei, kmpqratul Yeboimului wi kmpqratul Belei sau Yoarului, wi s`au awezat kn linie de bqtae kmpotriva lor, kn valea Sidim,
SpanishEntonces salieron el rey de Sodoma, el rey de Gomorra, el rey de Adma, el rey de Zeboím y el rey de Bela, la cual es Zoar, y dispusieron la batalla contra ellos en el valle de Sidim;
SwedishDå drogo konungen i Sodom, konungen i Gomorra, konungen i Adma, konungen i Seboim och konungen i Bela, det är Soar, ut och ställde upp sig i Siddimsdalen till strid mot dem --

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Bale

Derivations

Words beginning with "bale": baled, baleen, baleens, balefire, balefires, baleful, balefully, balefulness, balefulnesses, baler, balers, bales. (additional references)

Words ending with "bale": bubale, timbale. (additional references)

Words containing "bale": arbalest, arbalests, bubales, cabaletta, cabalettas, cymbaler, cymbalers, gimbaled, timbales. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Bale" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: abale, Ablex, ablo, anle, Baalen, bable, bacle, badle, bae, bael, baele, Baelz, bagle, baie, baile, Baille, Baje, Bajee, bala, balac, Balah, balai, balak, balam, Balao, balb, Balbec, Balde, Baldeh, Baldev, Baleh, balem, balen, balet, Balewa, Balf, balg, balh, bali, balic, balie, Balig, Balil, balim, balla, Balle, ballee, ballei, ballel, ballen, balli, ballo, ballr, ballum, Balme, Balne, baloo, Balou, balp, balr, baltek, balum, Balun, balwe, balx, baly, Balz, bape, Barla, Barle, barlen, barli, batle, batlle, bave, bawe, baxe, Bayla, Baylen, Baylet, Baylie, Bazlen, beale, bedle, beel, bela, bele, Belem, beli, Beloe, Biala, biale, Biel, Bilek, bilen, biley, bili, Bille, billee, Bixle, bla, Blaen, Blaeu, blau, blav, ble, blee, bleev, bleh, blej, blev, bolen, bolex, bolle, Bollee, boloe, bolve, brale, buel, bule, buloe, byle, oale, zale. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Bale"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "bale" (pronounced bā"l)
3b ā" lbail.
2-ā" lail, ale, assail, avail, braille, Carrell, curtail, dale, derail, detail, entail, exhale, fail, flail, frail, gale, grail, hail, Hale, impale, stale, surveil, tail, tale, inhale, jail, kail, kale, mail, maile, male, nail, pail, pale, prevail, quail, quale, rail, sail, sale, scale, shale, snail, trail, tramell, travail, unveil, Vail, Vale, veil, wail, Wale, whale.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Bale

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: able, blae.

Words within the letters "a-b-e-l"

-1 letter: alb, ale, bal, bel, lab, lea.

-2 letters: ab, ae, al, ba, be, el, la.

 Words containing the letters "a-b-e-l"
 

+1 letter: abele, abler, ables, amble, babel, bagel, baled, baler, bales, belay, belga, blade, blame, blare, blase, blate, blaze, bleak, blear, bleat, cable, fable, gable, gleba, label, sable, table.

 

+2 letters: abeles, abelia, ablate, ablaze, ablest, abseil, albedo, albeit, albite, alible, ambled, ambler, ambles, arable, babble, babels, baffle, bagels, bailed, bailee, bailer, bailey, bailie, balded, balder, baleen, balers, balked, balker, balled, baller, ballet, bangle, barbel, barely, barley, barrel, basely, battle, bauble, bawled, bawler, beadle, beagle, becalm, bedlam, befall, beflag, beflea, begall, beglad, behalf, belady, belaud, belays, beldam, beleap, belgas, beluga, benzal, bewail, bladed, blades, blamed, blamer, blames, blared, blares, blawed, blazed, blazer, blazes, bleach, bleaks, blears, bleary, bleats, boatel, boreal, bubale, bullae, byelaw, cabled, cables, cablet, dabble, doable, dyable, embalm, enable, fabled, fabler, fables, flambe, gabble, gabled, gables, gamble, garble, glebae, habile, herbal, keblah, labels, labile, labret, lambed, lamber, lambie, liable, librae, lobate, marble, nebula, obelia, oblate, rabble, ramble, sables, stable, suable, tabled, tables, tablet, unable, usable, verbal, viable, wabble, wamble, warble.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Slideshow
7. Images: Photo Album
8. Quotations: Fiction
9. Quotations: Non-fiction
10. Usage Frequency
11. Names: Frequency
12. Expressions
13. Expressions: Internet
14. Translations: Modern
15. Bible Trace
16. Derivations
17. Rhymes
18. Anagrams
19. Bibliography


  

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