bushel

bush·el ¹  (bshl)

n.

1. Abbr. bsh. or bu.

a. A unit of volume or capacity in the U.S. Customary System, used in dry measure and equal to 4 pecks, 2,150.42 cubic inches, or 35.24 liters.

b. A unit of volume or capacity in the British Imperial System, used in dry and liquid measure and equal to 2,219.36 cubic inches or 36.37 liters. See Table at measurement.

2. A container with the capacity of a bushel.

3. Informal A large amount; a great deal: We have bushels of time, so relax.

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[Middle English, from Anglo-Norman bussel, variant of Old French boissiel, from boisse, one sixth of a bushel, of Celtic origin.]

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bush·el ²  (bshl)

tr.v. bush·eled or bush·elled, bush·el·ing or bush·el·ling, bush·els

To alter or mend (clothing).

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[Probably from German bosseln, to do odd jobs, alteration (perhaps influenced by bosseln, to emboss) of basteln, to rig up, mend, probably from Bast, bast fiber (used to make rope), from Middle High German bast, from Old High German.]

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bushel·er, bushel·ler n.

bushel·man (-mn) n.

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bushel

Noun

Brit an obsolete unit of dry or liquid measure equal to 8 gallons (36.4 litres) [Old French boissel]

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Bushel loosely, a large quantity or number.

Examples: bushel of curled hair on his head, 1718; of girls, 1873; of honours, 1680; of money, 1683; of venom, 1374.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	bushel - a United States dry measure equal to 4 pecks or 2152.42 cubic inches United States dry unit - a unit of measurement of capacity for dry substances officially adopted in the United States Customary System peck - a United States dry measure equal to 8 quarts or 537.605 cubic inches
	2.	bushel - a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 4 pecks British capacity unit, Imperial capacity unit - a unit of measure for capacity officially adopted in the British Imperial System; British units are both dry and wet congius, Imperial gallon, gallon - a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 4 quarts or 4.545 liters peck - a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 2 gallons quarter - a quarter of a hundredweight (28 pounds)
Verb	1.	bushel - restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken; "She repaired her TV set"; "Repair my shoes please" fix, furbish up, mend, repair, doctor, touch on, restore ameliorate, improve, meliorate, amend, better - to make better; "The editor improved the manuscript with his changes" tinker, fiddle - try to fix or mend; "Can you tinker with the T.V. set--it's not working right"; "She always fiddles with her van on the weekend" fill - plug with a substance; "fill a cavity" patch, piece - repair by adding pieces; "She pieced the china cup" cobble - repair or mend; "cobble shoes" repoint, point - repair the joints of bricks; "point a chimney" trouble-shoot, troubleshoot - solve problems; "He is known to be good at trouble-shooting" patch up, patch - mend by putting a patch on; "patch a hole" resole, sole - put a new sole on; "sole the shoes" revamp, vamp - provide (a shoe) with a new vamp; "revamp my old boots" reheel, heel - put a new heel on; "heel shoes" darn - repair by sewing; "darn socks"

Translations

bushel [ˈbuʃl] n (measure) (BRIT) → = 36,36 litros;

(US) → = 35,24 litros

bushel [ˈbuʃl] n → boisseau m

bushel [ˈbuʃl] n → Scheffel m

bushel [ˈbuʃl] n → staio