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Bushel

/ˈbʊʃəl/

A dry measure, containing four pecks, eight gallons, or thirty-two quarts.

📖 Definitions of "Bushel"

noun
  1. 1

    A dry measure, containing four pecks, eight gallons, or thirty-two quarts.

  2. 2

    A vessel of the capacity of a bushel, used in measuring; a bushel measure.

  3. 3

    A quantity that fills a bushel measure.

    "a heap containing ten bushels of apples"

  4. 4

    A large indefinite quantity.

verb
  1. 1

    To mend or repair clothes.

  2. 2

    To pack grain, hops, etc. into bushel measures.

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