bushel
Short definition from Wiktionary
Noun
- 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).
- A vessel of the capacity of a bushel, used in measuring; a bushel measure.
- A quantity that fills a bushel measure.
- A large indefinite quantity.
- The iron lining in the nave of a wheel.
Verb
- To mend or repair clothes.
- To pack grain, hops, etc. into bushel measures.
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