bushel
noun
- unit of volume with different values
verb
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Pronunciation: /ˈbʊʃəl/ / /ˈbuʃəl/
noun
Etymology: From Middle English busshel, from Old French boissel, from boisse, a grain measure based on Gaulish *bostyā (“handful”), from Proto-Celtic *bostā (“palm, fist”) (compare Breton boz (“hollow of the hand”), Old Irish bas), from Proto-Indo-European *gwost-, *gwosdʰ- (“branch”).
- A dry measure, containing four pecks, eight gallons, or thirty-two quarts; equivalent in volume to approximately 0.0364 cubic meters (imperial bushel) or 0.0352 cubic meters (U.S. bushel).
“The quarter, bushel, and peck are nearly universal measures of corn.”
“Forecasts are showing no sign of an end to the drought, with corn prices hitting a record high of $8.16 (£5.19) a bushel on Thursday, while soya beans hit a high of $17.17.”
- A vessel of the capacity of a bushel, used in measuring; a bushel measure.
“And he sayde unto them: is the candle lighted, to be put under a busshell, or under the borde: ys it not therfore lighted that it shulde be put on a candelsticke?”
- A quantity that fills a bushel measure.
“a heap containing ten bushels of apples”
- A large indefinite quantity.
“The prime minister[…]has got pounds of vision. Ounces of it! Pints! A whole bushel worth of phoned-in gibberish designed to get him through a single news cycle.”
“The same film [Hamnet], in the coming weeks, will win awards by the bushel.”
- The iron lining in the nave of a wheel.
verb
Etymology: From Middle English busshel, from Old French boissel, from boisse, a grain measure based on Gaulish *bostyā (“handful”), from Proto-Celtic *bostā (“palm, fist”) (compare Breton boz (“hollow of the hand”), Old Irish bas), from Proto-Indo-European *gwost-, *gwosdʰ- (“branch”).
- To mend or repair clothes.
- To pack grain, hops, etc. into bushel measures.