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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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

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bushel [ˈbuʃl] n → boisseau m

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bushel [ˈbuʃl] n → Scheffel m

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bushel [ˈbuʃl] n → staio