Definition of bushel
1 : any of various units of dry capacity — see weight table
2 : a container holding a bushel
3 : a large quantity bushels of money
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Examples of bushel in a Sentence
picked up a bushel of decorations at the after-Christmas sale
Recent Examples of bushel from the Web
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Huge bushels of spears — some simple, some curved or decorated to fit their holder — are held together by duct tape.
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Spot prices in the Golden Triangle area of Montana reached $7 a bushel from $5.25 in May and April.
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A bushel of durum wheat can produce about 42 pounds of macaroni or spaghetti, according to Jim Peterson, marketing director of the North Dakota Wheat Commission.
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Each partner will offer programs that celebrate the history of music and sports and the African Americans in each whose lights were hidden under a hateful bushel.
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Governments in developed and emerging nations alike have warmed to the concept, launching a bushel of pilot projects.
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Maryland will end the commercial crabbing season a week and a half early while also imposing late-season bushel limits in response to concerns over Chesapeake Bay blue crab population losses.
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More than 30,000 bushels of oyster shells were collected in 2016.
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The Kelloggs credit cover crops with improving their soybean yields by more than three bushels an acre.
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Origin and Etymology of bushel
Middle English busshel, from Anglo-French bussel, buschelle, from Old French boisse measure of grain, of Celt origin; akin to Middle Irish boss breadth of the hand
Origin and Etymology of bushel
probably from German bosseln to do poor work, to patch; akin to Old English bēatan to beat
BUSHEL Defined for English Language Learners
bushel
playDefinition of bushel for English Language Learners
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: a unit for measuring an amount of fruit and grain that is equal to about 35.2 liters in the U.S. and to about 36.4 liters in the U.K.
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bushels : a large amount of something
BUSHEL Defined for Kids
bushel
playDefinition of bushel for Students
: a unit of measure (as of grain, produce, or seafood) equal to four pecks or 32 quarts (about 35 liters)
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