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Spell Bee Word: bale


Basic Details

Word: Bale

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: A large bundle of hay, cotton, paper or cloth pressed together and tied tightly.

Synonyms: bundle, pack

Sounds like: bail (money paid so an arrested person can leave jail until the trial; also one of the small wooden pieces on top of cricket stumps)

How to Spell Bale

Syllables: bale

Tricky part: Bale sounds exactly like bail. Bale, with a and e, is the bundle; bail, with ai, is something else.

Watch out for: bayl, baile, baell

Memory tip: A bale is a bundle: both words begin with b and end with e.

Usage Examples

Example 1: The truck was piled high with bales of cotton from Gujarat.

Example 2: We sat on a bale of straw to watch the village fair.

Example 3: Each bale of old newspapers was sent to the recycling unit.

Fun Fact

In India, cotton is counted in bales, and the standard Indian cotton bale weighs 170 kilograms.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

The farmer lifted a heavy baile of hay onto the bullock cart before sunset.

a) baile
b) bullock
c) sunset
d) farmer

Show answer

a) baile. The bundle is spelt b-a-l-e, with no i.

Word Connection

Choose the synonym of the word: bale

a) scrap
b) bundle
c) thread
d) handful

Show answer

b) bundle. A bale is a large bundle tied tightly.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) tracter
b) harvist
c) irigation
d) bale

Show answer

d) bale. Harvest ends in est, tractor in or, and irrigation needs two r's.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Farmers press hay into bales so that it is ____.

a) easier to stack and carry
b) quicker to grow
c) brighter in colour
d) softer to eat

Show answer

a) easier to stack and carry

2. Fill the blank: The workers stacked each ____ of jute in the godown.

a) bale
b) bell
c) bail
d) bill

Show answer

a) bale

Associated Words

admittancemythfascinationethnicperception
dieticianaccuracydisposablehazylivelihood

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