bushel

noun

bush·el | \ ˈbu̇-shəl

Definition of bushel

(Entry 1 of 2)

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

bushel

verb

busheled; busheling\ ˈbu̇-sh(ə-)liŋ

Definition of bushel (Entry 2 of 2)

: repair, renovate

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Examples of bushel in a Sentence

Noun

picked up a bushel of decorations at the after-Christmas sale

Recent Examples on the Web: Noun

Since replacing Ned Colletti in the winter of 2014, Friedman has traded a bushel of prospects for veteran talent. — Andy Mccullough, latimes.com, "How the Houston Astros nabbed slugger Yordan Alvarez from the Dodgers," 6 July 2019 Little things are happening that just don't happen, like how the USDA is changing bushel yield estimates in June. — Carol Motsinger, Cincinnati.com, "Ohio's farmland is underwater and unrecognizable. The impact will last even longer than the rain," 19 June 2019 The Peach Truck makes stops all summer selling half bushel boxes (25 pounds) of super fresh juicy Georgia peaches for $45 not only in Kentucky but Indiana, Ohio, Michigan, Texas, Tennessee and Pennsylvania. — Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal, "It's finally here! Where you can find The Peach Truck in Louisville," 17 June 2019 Every time a bushel of apples moves through a link in its supply chain, information about its steps would be recorded, including who moved it, when, why and what resulted from the movement. — Robyn Metcalfe, WSJ, "The Life Story of Your Supermarket Chicken: Food Tracking Goes High-Tech," 21 Feb. 2019 The wild chestnuts around this leafy college town used to grow in such great numbers that locals collected the nuts by the bushel and shipped them off to New York City for a small fortune. — Julia Rosen, latimes.com, "Should we resurrect the American chestnut tree with genetic engineering?," 25 June 2019 Homers by the bushel, a polished performance by Brett Anderson and the A’s finally tugged themselves away from the .500 mark. — Susan Slusser, SFChronicle.com, "A’s belt six homers, top Orioles 16-2 to move two games over .500," 18 June 2019 However, Michael Langemeier, an agricultural economics professor at Purdue, said commercial corn prices aren’t estimated to go much above the average since 2007 of $4.55 a bushel. — Nyssa Kruse, Indianapolis Star, "Commercial corn prices are going up. Here's what that could mean for your grocery bill," 17 June 2019 That dampened demand and pushed prices below the break-even level of just under $10 a bushel. — Paul Davidson, USA TODAY, "Low prices, floods and trade wars plague American farmers, putting their survival at risk," 6 June 2019

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History and Etymology for bushel

Noun

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

Verb

probably from German bosseln to do poor work, to patch; akin to Old English bēatan to beat

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