Sekirov Dictionary

bushel

/ˈbʊʃəl/

noun 5
verb 2
forms 5
phrases 1

noun5

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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).
- The quarter, bushel, and peck are nearly universal measures of corn. — 1882
•
A quantity that fills a bushel measure.
- a heap containing ten bushels of apples
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(informal, figurative) A large indefinite quantity.
- 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. — 2022
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A vessel of the capacity of a bushel, used in measuring; a bushel measure.
- 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? — 1526
(UK) The iron lining in the nave of a wheel.

verb2

To pack grain, hops, etc. into bushel measures.
(US) To mend or repair clothes.

forms

busheled · bushelled · busheling · bushelling · bushels

Phrases with bushel

hide one's light under a bushel
To conceal one's positive qualities or talents, especially due to modesty or shyness; to avoid attention.

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