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bushel
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As a noun, bushel means a vessel of the capacity of a bushel, used in measuring. As a verb, it means mend or repair clothes.
Meanings of bushel
10 meaningsnoun
A vessel of the capacity of a bushel, used in measuring; a bushel measure.
A quantity that fills a bushel measure.
“a heap containing ten bushels of apples”
colloquialA large indefinite quantity.
UKThe iron lining in the nave of a wheel.
A United States dry measure equal to 4 pecks or 2152.42 cubic inches
A British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 4 pecks
Older and rare meanings (1)
historicalA dry measure, containing four pecks, eight gallons, or thirty-two quarts.
verb
UStailoringTo mend or repair clothes.
To pack grain, hops, etc. into bushel measures.
Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).