<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>a large bundle or package prepared for shipping, storage, or sale, especially one tightly compressed and secured by wires, hoops, cords, or the like, and sometimes having a wrapping or covering: a bale of cotton; a bale of hay.</li><li>a group of turtles.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>to make or form into bales: to bale wastepaper for disposal.</li></ul>