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baler.

A machine for creating bales, e.g., of hay or cotton.

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Meaning & usage

noun
  1. A machine for creating bales, e.g., of hay or cotton.

    Farmer Jones is in straits because his baler is broken down and he's got three fields of hay ready to bale.
  2. A person who creates bales, either by operating or feeding such a machine, or by creating the bales by hand.

    Hank worked as a baler for Farmer Jones part time, to make ends meet.
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree English bale Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English baler From bale (verb) + -er.

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