BALER

Baler

A baler is a piece of farm machinery used to compress a cut and raked crop into compact bales that are easy to handle, transport, and store. Several different types of balers are commonly used, each producing a different type of bales – rectangular or cylindrical, of various sizes, bound with twine, strapping, netting, or wire.

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baler

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.


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