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bal

bal noun: the surface of a mine.

Noun (1)

bal (plural bals)

  1. (Cornwall) The surface of a mine.
    • The surface of the mine is called the bal, and every level and shaft has a name.1856, A Hand-book for Travellers in Devon & Cornwall, John Murray, page xxxvii
    • Penny arrived dressed for the day as a bal-maiden and told us all about the delights of a surface worker's life at a mine in Pendeen days, which was, she told us, what a bal-maiden did.2014, Bill Smith, Pendeen, page 44

Noun (2) capitalized: BAL

BAL (countable and uncountable, plural BALs)

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of broad absorption line or broad absorption line trough.
  2. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of biphenotypic acute leukaemia.

Proper noun capitalized: BAL

BAL

  1. (abbreviation, initialism, Bangladeshi politics) Initialism of Bangladesh Awami League, a major political party.
  2. (Philippines, abbreviation, historical, initialism, chiefly Baguio) Initialism of Benguet Auto Line, a Manila Railroad Company subsidiary which formerly serviced buses that connected Baguio to the Damortis, La Union train line.

Adjective capitalized: BAL

BAL (not comparable)

  1. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of bald (no hair).
    Synonyms:
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bal meaning in Bengali, Malayalam, Gujarati and Odia

bal in Bengali

বাল

bal in Malayalam

ബാൽ

bal in Gujarati

બાલ

bal in Odia

ବାଲ

Synonyms of bal

Forms of bal

pluralbals
pluralBALs

Plural of bal: bals

Words formed from bal

Phrases with bal

Questions about bal

What does bal mean?
Bal means the surface of a mine.
What is bal in Bengali?
Bal in Bengali is বাল. See Bal meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is bal?
Bal can be a noun, a proper noun or an adjective.
What is the plural of bal?
The plural of bal is bals.

Words near bal in the dictionary

  1. bakwit
  2. bakwits
  3. Bakʷəmk̓ala
  4. Bak̓wa̱mk̓ala
  5. Bak̓ʷəmgala
  6. bal
  7. Bal Harbour
  8. Bal Marcoville
  9. bal musette
  10. bal-chatri
  11. bal-chatris

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Adapted from Wiktionary: bal (page history and authors); BAL (page history and authors); bal (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); bal (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); bal (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); bal (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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