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bushel

noun
/ˈbʊʃəl//ˈbuʃəl/US

Etymology

From Middle English busshel, from Old French boissel, from boisse, a grain measure based on Gaulish *bostyā (“handful”), from Proto-Celtic *bostā (“palm, fist”) (compare Breton boz (“hollow of the hand”), Old Irish bas), from Proto-Indo-European *gwost-, *gwosdʰ- (“branch”).

  1. derived from *gwost-✻
  2. derived from *bostā✻
  3. derived from *bostyā✻
  4. derived from boissel
  5. inherited from busshel

Definitions

  1. A dry measure, containing four pecks, eight gallons, or thirty-two quarts

    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.
    • 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.

  2. A vessel of the capacity of a bushel, used in measuring

    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?

  3. A quantity that fills a bushel measure.

    • a heap containing ten bushels of apples
  4. ›+ 4 more definitions

    1. 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.
      • The same film [Hamnet], in the coming weeks, will win awards by the bushel.

    2. The iron lining in the nave of a wheel.

    3. To mend or repair clothes.

    4. To pack grain, hops, etc. into bushel measures.

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Derived

bushelage, bushel basket, bushelful, busheller, bushelman, bushel measure, bushelwoman, hide one's light under a bushel, Winchester bushel

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