Synonyms for bushel

Grammar : Noun

Spell : boo sh-uh l

Phonetic Transcription : ˈbʊʃ əl

Définition of bushel

Origin : early 14c., measure of capacity containing four pecks or eight gallons, from Old French boissel "bushel" (13c., Modern French boisseau), probably from boisse, a grain measure based on Gallo-Romance *bostia "handful," from Gaulish *bosta "palm of the hand" (cf. Irish bass, Breton boz "the hollow of the hand"). The exact measure varied from place to place and according to commodity, and since late 14c. it has been used loosely to mean "a large quantity or number."

noun large quantity

Example sentences :

I hid not my light under a bushel, she would say that for me.
Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson

Here's the ha'-bushel basket, an' some paper to put between 'em.
Extract from : « Tiverton Tales » by Alice Brown

There isn't a bushel of wheat in the country that isn't in the combination.
Extract from : « One Day's Courtship » by Robert Barr

There was a time when the farmer sold his corn for a dollar a bushel.
Extract from : « The Railroad Question » by William Larrabee

A bushel of flour is about the quantity required for the paste.
Extract from : « The Lady's Own Cookery Book, and New Dinner-Table Directory; » by Charlotte Campbell Bury

I think,” she said, “that you must be one who likes to hide his light under a bushel.
Extract from : « Cap'n Warren's Wards » by Joseph C. Lincoln

If he does and seeds by the bushel, or other measures, he is apt to be misled.
Extract from : « Prairie Farmer, Vol. 56: No. 4, January 26, 1884 » by Various

Some varieties yield over four gallons of must to the bushel.
Extract from : « Manual of American Grape-Growing » by U. P. Hedrick

Usually he had a bushel of letters that he had not opened, a bale of papers at which he had not looked.
Extract from : « The Paliser case » by Edgar Saltus

Potatoes are selling for three dollars a bushel and onions at four.
Extract from : « Ox-Team Days on the Oregon Trail » by Ezra Meeker

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