Standard Lemma guide

baler

name · noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Philippines: /bɐˈlɛɾ/
  • Philippines: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: B EY1 L ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

A municipality, the capital of Aurora, Central Luzon, Philippines.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Farmer Jones is in straits because his baler is broken down and he's got three fields of hay ready to bale.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A person who creates bales, either by operating or feeding such a machine, or by creating the bales by hand.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Hank worked as a baler for Farmer Jones part time, to make ends meet.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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.

Across languages

Translations

14 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: embaladora — machine
  • Czech: lis na balíky — machine
  • Finnish: paalain — machine
  • Finnish: paalaaja — machine
  • Finnish: paalauskone — machine
  • German: Ballenpresse — machine
  • Greek: δεματοποιητής (dematopoiitís) — machine
  • Māori: pūrere pēre — machine
  • Māori: mīhini pēre — machine
  • Norman: machinne à dgèrber — machine
  • Spanish: empacadora — machine
  • Finnish: paalaaja — profession
  • Greek: δεματοποιητής (dematopoiitís) — profession
  • Spanish: empacador — profession