Definitions for Bushel

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Bushel bush·el

Spelling: [boo sh-uh l]

IPA: /ˈbʊʃ əl/

Bushel is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 82 anagrams from letters in Bushel (behlsu).

Definitions for Bushel

noun

1. a unit of dry measure containing 4 pecks, equivalent in the U.S. (and formerly in England) to 2150.42 cubic inches or 35.24 liters (Winchester bushel) and in Great Britain to 2219.36 cubic inches or 36.38 liters (Imperial bushel) Abbreviation: bu., bush.
2. a container of this capacity.
3. a unit of weight equal to the weight of a bushel of a given commodity.
4. a large, unspecified amount or number:

verb (used with object)

1. to alter or repair (a garment).

Origin of Bushel

1250-1300; Middle English bu(i)sshel Middle French boissel, equivalent to boisse unit of measure (Gaulish *bostia; compare MIr bas, bos palm of the hand, handbreadth) + -el noun suffix

Examples for Bushel

Duarte asks, referring to a bushel of fruits just brought in from the backyard orchard.

If he does and seeds by the bushel, or other measures, he is apt to be misled.

The report projected soybean prices to be between $15 and $17 a bushel, up $2.

There isn't a bushel of wheat in the country that isn't in the combination.

Here's the ha'-bushel basket, an' some paper to put between 'em.

A bushel of flour is about the quantity required for the paste.

I hid not my light under a bushel, she would say that for me.

Pulling back his cloak, he shows off his giant phallus bearing forth a bushel of fruit.

There was a time when the farmer sold his corn for a dollar a bushel.

I think,” she said, “that you must be one who likes to hide his light under a bushel.