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balle — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • bale noun A large, tightly bound bundle of material such as hay, straw, cotton, or paper, prepared for storage or transport.
  • ball noun A round or roughly spherical object, especially one used in sports and games.
  • buck noun An adult male deer or similar animal.
  • bullet noun A small metal projectile fired from a gun.
  • chaff noun The dry, papery husks separated from grain during threshing.
  • handball noun A team sport in which players throw and bounce a ball, trying to score by throwing it into the opposing goal.
  • pill noun A small solid tablet of medicine meant to be swallowed.
  • shutout noun Closing and forbidding entry, as a lockout in which management prevents works from working.

Senses

balle is used for these senses in English:

  • bale A rounded bundle or package of goods in a cloth cover, and corded for storage or transportation.
  • ball A solid or hollow sphere, or roughly spherical mass.
  • ball A formal dance.
  • ball (ballistics, firearms) A solid, spherical nonexplosive missile for a cannon, rifle, gun, etc.
  • ball (baseball, countable) A pitch that falls outside of the strike zone.
  • ball (printing, historical) A leather-covered cushion, fastened to a handle called a ballstock; formerly used by printers for inking the form, then superseded by the roller.
  • buck (US, Australia, NZ, Canada, informal) A dollar (one hundred cents).
  • chaff The inedible parts of a grain-producing plant.

bale — full definition

  1. noun A large, tightly bound bundle of material such as hay, straw, cotton, or paper, prepared for storage or transport.
  2. verb To bundle something tightly into a bale.

ball — full definition

  1. noun A round or roughly spherical object, especially one used in sports and games.
  2. noun A large, formal social gathering for dancing.
  3. verb To form or roll something into a round shape.

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