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Definition of bushel
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1 : any of various units of dry capacity — see Weights and Measures Table
2 : a container holding a bushel
3 : a large quantity bushels of money
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Synonyms & Antonyms for bushel
Synonyms: Noun
abundance, barrel, basketful, boatload, bucket, bunch, bundle, carload, chunk, deal, dozen, fistful, gobs, good deal, heap, hundred, lashings (also lashins) [chiefly British], loads, lot, mass, mess, mountain, much, multiplicity, myriad, oodles, pack, passel, peck, pile, plateful, plenitude, plentitude, plenty, pot, potful, profusion, quantity, raft, reams, scads, sheaf, shipload, sight, slew, spate, stack, store, ton, truckload, volume, wad, wealth, yard
Antonyms: Noun
ace, bit, dab, dram, driblet, glimmer, handful, hint, lick, little, mite, mouthful, nip, ounce, peanuts, pinch, pittance, scruple, shade, shadow, smidgen (also smidgeon), speck, spot, sprinkle, sprinkling, strain, streak, suspicion, tad, taste, touch, trace
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Examples of bushel in a Sentence
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picked up a bushel of decorations at the after-Christmas saleRecent Examples on the Web: Noun
Chrissy Pierce drove from Harrisburg, Pa., on Tuesday for a bushel of live crabs. — Scott Dance, baltimoresun.com, "After July Fourth crab feasts, an uncertain season for Maryland seafood industry," 6 July 2018 Corn futures for July rose 1.6% to $3.36 1/2 a bushel after the report. — Benjamin Parkin, WSJ, "Soybean Prices Near Decade-Low as China Tariffs Hammer Supply Forecast," 12 July 2018 Normally, the price of a bushel of soybeans is not a major political topic, but 2018 has not been a normal year. — NBC News, "In Trump's trade war, China takes aim at vulnerable counties," 24 June 2018 In 2016, The Fact Checker awarded a bushel of flop-flops to lawmakers, Democrat and Republican, who conveniently changed their position on Supreme Court nominations depending on who was in power at the time. — Glenn Kessler, Washington Post, "For the record: Supreme Court nominees considered in ‘election years’," 27 June 2018 Today, bushels of black and gray hair flow from Walker’s head and the tattoo on his wrist of Cambodian script is fading. — Anthony J. Rivera, Washington Post, "Living D.C. graffiti legend went from rowdy thug to art teacher," 28 June 2018 Soybean prices have fallen $1.50 a bushel since the Chinese threatened tariffs in April, said Terry Hollifield, the executive director for the Georgia office of the American Soybean Association. — Alex Soderstrom, ajc, "Georgia farmers face uncertainty as crop tariffs loom," 25 June 2018 Imagine a farmer who expects to harvest about 175 bushels of corn per acre. — Anna Groves, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Can Wisconsin’s corn take the heat? Study warns rising temperatures could be devastating," 19 June 2018 Even though corn prices at $3.60 per bushel were one-third those of soybeans, the corn farmer more than made up for the difference in bountiful production. — Shawn Tully, Fortune, "This Agriculture Giant Is Bringing in the Drones to Modernize Farming From Cornfields to Vineyards," 19 June 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'bushel.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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bushel
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English Language Learners Definition of bushel
: 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.
bushels : a large amount of something
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Kids Definition of bushel
: a unit of measure (as of grain, produce, or seafood) equal to four pecks or 32 quarts (about 35 liters)
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