BALER
What does "BALER" mean?
A machine that compresses hay, straw, or material into bound bales.
Meanings
- A farm machine that gathers and compresses cut hay or straw into tied bales. The baler left neat rectangular bundles across the field.
- A machine that compacts recyclable waste such as cardboard into bound blocks. The warehouse runs flattened boxes through an industrial baler. technical
- A person who makes up bales. The baler stacked the finished bundles by hand.
Word origin
From 'bale' (a large bound bundle of goods), from Old French 'bale', of Germanic origin related to 'ball'; plus the agent suffix '-er'.
Remember it
A BALER makes BALEs - add -R and you've got the machine. Don't confuse it with 'bailer', which empties water from a boat.
A little poem
Loose summer mowed flat-
the machine bites the long grass
and hands back a cube.
haiku
Wordplay
- The recycling plant's baler and the sinking boat's bailer had the same job interview - one packs it in, one bails out.
What it teaches
Order is mostly compression - take the scattered, bind it tight, and suddenly it can be carried.
Quick facts
What does BALER mean?
A machine that compresses hay, straw, or material into bound bales.
Is BALER a valid word?
Yes — BALER is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is BALER?
BALER has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does BALER come from?
From 'bale' (a large bound bundle of goods), from Old French 'bale', of Germanic origin related to 'ball'; plus the agent suffix '-er'.
What can BALER teach us?
Order is mostly compression - take the scattered, bind it tight, and suddenly it can be carried.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.