1. A large bundle bound for storage or transport
   "The farmer stacked bales of hay in the barn"
    
2. [Brit] A bucket or scoop used for removing water, e.g. from a boat
   "He used the bale to quickly remove water from the leaking dinghy";
   - bail

1. Make into a bale
   "bale hay"

1. A city in northwestern Switzerland
   - Basel, Basle

Sounds like: bail

Derived forms: baled, baling, bales

Type of: accumulate, amass, bundle, city, collect, compile, hoard, metropolis, pile up, roll up, sheaf, urban center [US], urban centre [Brit, Cdn]

Part of: Schweiz, Suisse, Svizzera, Swiss Confederation, Switzerland

Encyclopedia: Bale, Oromia Region