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
Synonyms
Noun
- abundance
- barrel
- basketful
- boatload
- bucket
- bunch
- bundle
- carload
- chunk
- deal
- dozen
- fistful
- gobs
- good deal
- heap
- hundred
- lashings [chiefly British]
- lashins
- 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
Examples of bushel in a Sentence
Noun
picked up a bushel of decorations at the after-Christmas sale
Recent Examples on the Web
Adrian Bridgwater, Forbes, 13 Feb. 2024
Available by the bushel, bag, or bulb, many types of onions are among the most affordable, sturdy, and versatile stars of the produce aisle.
—Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 Nov. 2023
Vendors pile bushels of lotus flowers onto their three-wheeled rickshaws and motorcycles.
—Chris Wallace, Travel + Leisure, 24 Mar. 2024
Spy bushels of apples and squash; clothes hanging to dry; and teeny-tiny coffee pots.
—Valeriya Safronova, New York Times, 14 Mar. 2024
There are bushels of pop culture references in the six episodes critics received, along with plenty of violence, a number of penises and more than one twist.
—Lili Loofbourow, Washington Post, 29 Sep. 2023
Penguins morphed to Harlequins ferried by the bushel to and from the Strand.
—Jane Shore, The New Yorker, 31 July 2023
Public grounds yield over 300,000 bushels and private grounds, more than 400,000.
—Louise Schiavone, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2024
Standing 6-foot-5 and 240 pounds with a bushel of blond hair under his cap, Miller always profiled as the prototypical starter.
—Evan Webeck, The Mercury News, 21 Feb. 2024
Noun
Equally, that same firm might run a dozen different billing systems, a handful of identity management software products, a small bushel of HR solutions and certainly more than one database.
—Adrian Bridgwater, Forbes, 13 Feb. 2024
Available by the bushel, bag, or bulb, many types of onions are among the most affordable, sturdy, and versatile stars of the produce aisle.
—Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 Nov. 2023
Vendors pile bushels of lotus flowers onto their three-wheeled rickshaws and motorcycles.
—Chris Wallace, Travel + Leisure, 24 Mar. 2024
Spy bushels of apples and squash; clothes hanging to dry; and teeny-tiny coffee pots.
—Valeriya Safronova, New York Times, 14 Mar. 2024
There are bushels of pop culture references in the six episodes critics received, along with plenty of violence, a number of penises and more than one twist.
—Lili Loofbourow, Washington Post, 29 Sep. 2023
Penguins morphed to Harlequins ferried by the bushel to and from the Strand.
—Jane Shore, The New Yorker, 31 July 2023
Public grounds yield over 300,000 bushels and private grounds, more than 400,000.
—Louise Schiavone, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2024
Standing 6-foot-5 and 240 pounds with a bushel of blond hair under his cap, Miller always profiled as the prototypical starter.
—Evan Webeck, The Mercury News, 21 Feb. 2024
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“Bushel.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bushel. Accessed 18 Apr. 2024.
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