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unbale

unbale verb: to unpack from bales.

Verb

unbale (third-person singular simple present unbales, present participle unbaling, simple past and past participle unbaled)

  1. (transitive) To unpack from bales.
    • […] the following appear to be safe and desirable: […] Never to unbale cotton from America, if it be shown that it was not gathered during the prevalence of yellow fever at the place of production.1843, John Macgregor, Commercial statistics, page 1260

Forms of unbale

third-person singular presentunbales
present participleunbaling
past participleunbaled
pastunbaled

Origin of unbale

From un- + bale.

Questions about unbale

What does unbale mean?
Unbale means to unpack from bales.
What part of speech is unbale?
Unbale is a verb.
What is the past tense of unbale?
The past tense of unbale is unbaled.

Words near unbale in the dictionary

  1. unbalances
  2. unbalancing
  3. unbalancings
  4. unbalconied
  5. unbalding
  6. unbale
  7. unbaled
  8. unbaleful
  9. unbales
  10. unbaling
  11. unbalked

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