Bushel

/ˈbʊʃəl/ · noun

Meaning

A dry measure, containing four pecks, eight gallons, or thirty-two quarts; equivalent in volume to approximately 0.0364 cubic meters (imperial bushel) or 0.0352 cubic meters (U.S. bushel)..

Definitions by Sense

1. A dry measure, containing four pecks, eight gallons, or thirty-two quarts; equivalent in volume to approximately 0.0364 cubic meters (imperial bushel) or 0.0352 cubic meters (U.S. bushel).
2. A vessel of the capacity of a bushel, used in measuring; a bushel measure.
3. A quantity that fills a bushel measure.
4. (figurative, colloquial) A large indefinite quantity.
5. (UK) The iron lining in the nave of a wheel.
6. (US, tailoring, ambitransitive) To mend or repair clothes.
7. To pack grain, hops, etc. into bushel measures.

Example Sentences

The quarter, bushel, and peck are nearly universal measures of corn.

Forecasts are showing no sign of an end to the drought, with corn prices hitting a record high of $8.16 (£5.19) a bushel on Thursday, while soya beans hit a high of $17.17.

And he sayde unto them: is the candle lighted, to be put under a busshell, or under the borde: ys it not therfore lighted that it shulde be put on a candelsticke?

a heap containing ten bushels of apples

The prime minister[…]has got pounds of vision. Ounces of it! Pints! A whole bushel worth of phoned-in gibberish designed to get him through a single news cycle.

The same film [Hamnet], in the coming weeks, will win awards by the bushel.

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• bushels
• bushel
• busheling
• bushelling
• busheled
• bushelled

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