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Bushel

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mendverb(transitive) To physically repair (something that is broken, defaced, decayed, torn, or otherwise damaged).
repairnounTo restore to good working order, fix, or improve damaged condition; to mend; to remedy.
restoreverb(transitive) To reestablish, or bring back into existence.
fixverb(transitive) To attach; to affix; to hold in place or at a particular time.
doctornounA physician; a member of the medical profession; one who is trained and licensed to heal the sick or injured. The final examination and qualification may award a doctor degree in which case the post-nominal letters are DO, DPM, MD, DMD, or DDS in the US, or MBBS or BDS in the UK.
touch onverb(transitive, idiomatic) To mention briefly; to cursorily discuss.
bushel basketnounA basket that is the right size to hold a bushel.
furbish upverb(transitive) To polish so as to make look newer

↔️ Antonyms of "Bushel"

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breakverb(ergative, transitive, intransitive) To separate into two or more pieces, to fracture or crack, by a process that cannot easily be reversed for reassembly.
bustnoun(transitive, colloquial, chiefly US) To break.

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bushel basketnounA basket that is the right size to hold a bushel.
mendnoun(uncountable) Chiefly in on the mend: improvement in health; recovery from illness.
repairnounThe act of repairing something.
fixnounA difficult situation; a quandary or dilemma; a predicament.
restorenoun(computing) The act of recovering data or a system from a backup.
doctornounA physician; a member of the medical profession; one who is trained and licensed to heal the sick or injured. The final examination and qualification may award a doctor degree in which case the post-nominal letters are DO, DPM, MD, DMD, or DDS in the US, or MBBS or BDS in the UK.
touch onverb(transitive, idiomatic) To mention briefly; to cursorily discuss.
furbish upverb(transitive) To polish so as to make look newer
pecknounAn act of striking with a beak.
winchester bushelnounA measure of dry and liquid volume equal to 35.24 litres used in US and Canada. Originating in England and one of the units of Winchester measure. Abbreviated bu
kenningnoun(poetry) A metaphorical compound or phrase, used especially in Germanic poetry (Old English or Old Norse) whereby a simple thing is described in an allusive way.
windlenounAn old English measure of corn, half a bushel.
hoopnounA circular band of metal used to bind a barrel.
bucketnounA container made of rigid material, often with a handle, used to carry liquids or small items.
winchester measurenounUnits used for the measurement of dry and liquid volumes, the standards for which were originally deposited at Winchester, England. The Winchester bushel is still used in the US.
tolbotnoun(obsolete, dialectal) A measure of capacity, possibly a bushel.
buttnoun(countable) The larger or thicker end of something; the blunt end, in distinction from the sharp or narrow end
bushletnounA little bush.
busketnoun(obsolete) A small bush.
pintnounA unit of volume, equivalent to:

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