baler

See also: balēr and Baler

English

A baler.

Etymology

From bale (verb) +‎ -er.

Noun

baler (plural balers)

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.
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.

Translations

machine

Catalan: embaladora f
Finnish: paalain (fi), paalaaja, paalauskone
German: Ballenpresse (de) f
Greek: δεματοποιητής m (dematopoiitís)
Maori: pūrere pēre, mīhini pēre
Norman: machinne à dgèrber f (Jersey)
Spanish: empacadora (es) f

profession

Finnish: paalaaja
Greek: δεματοποιητής m (dematopoiitís)
Spanish: empacador m

Anagrams

Alber, Laber, Rabel, abler, belar, blare, blear

Swedish

Noun

baler

indefinite plural of bal

Tagalog

Etymology

A play on Cebuano balay, from Proto-Philippine *balay, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balay. Compare kalerki (from kaloka) and Philippine English gay slang heller (from hello). The word is also a reference to Baler, provincial capital of Aurora, Philippines.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /baˈleɾ/, [bɐˈlɛɾ]
Rhymes: -eɾ
Hyphenation: ba‧ler

Noun

balér (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜒᜇ᜔)

(gay slang) house
Synonym: bahay

Derived terms

shupitbaler

Related terms

bahay

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