baler
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- noun
- /ˈbeɪlər/
- Specialized
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- Bluestem also helped those with potential recycling difficulty by distributing grants for the purchase of equipment such as balers, compactors, and containers to separate corrugated materials.
- two balers
Examples
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Cardboard is loaded below into a baler at the on-campus recycling facility.
Academic text (2000) -
Kate could see Mom's tractor-baler-wagon train shimmering in the heavy humidity.
Fiction book (2000) -
Plans are being drawn for an addition to house a larger baler and a sorting area.
Academic text (1995) -
Kate pulled alongside the baler and stopped to transfer wagons.
Fiction book (2000) -
The recyclables stream is fairly clean and goes directly to the baler.
Academic text (1995) -
The cleaned and dried foam is then fed into a baler for densification and shipment.
Academic text (2000) -
Corrugated cardboard is baled on-site using a Philadelphia Tramrail baler.
Academic text (1995) -
The other end of the IPF building contains a Harris-Selco baler, used for newspaper, corrugated cardboard, mixed paper, and #1 PET and #2 HDPE plastics.
Academic text (1995) -
Clay calls across to a ruddy farmer, who’s trying to repair an ancient horse-pulled combine baler.
Fiction book (1990) -
The farmer used a baler to compress the hay into manageable bales for storage.
Synonyms
A machine that presses waste like cardboard or plastic into tight bundles for easier handling
A person or machine that ties things together for delivery
Compounds
- Specialized
A machine that presses waste like cardboard or plastic into tight bundles for easier handling
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Morphology
Etymology
Baler comes from the word bale ('bundle') plus the ending -er, which makes a word for a person or thing. So a baler is literally something or someone that makes bales, which explains why it is a machine that presses and ties hay or cardboard into compact bundles.