baler

From bale (verb) +‎ -er.

baler (plural balers)

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.

• baler twine

• Abler, abler, Rabel, Barle, blear, Laber, belar, blare, Alber

baler

1. indefinite plural of bal

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.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /baˈleɾ/ [bɐˈlɛɾ]
• Rhymes: -eɾ
• Syllabification: ba‧ler
• Homophone: Baler

balér (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜒᜇ᜔) (gay slang)

1. house

   Synonym: bahay