bushel

Meaning

Noun

1. 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).
2. A vessel of the capacity of a bushel, used in measuring; a bushel measure.
3. A quantity that fills a bushel measure.
4. (colloquial) A large indefinite quantity.
5. The iron lining in the nave of a wheel.

Verb

1. To mend or repair clothes.
2. To pack grain, hops, etc. into bushel measures.

Synonyms

repair

mend

touch on

furbish up

fix

renovate

doctor

🧑‍⚕️

restore

refurbish

do up

measure

basket

🧺

remodel

Hyphenated as

bush‧el

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈbʊʃəl/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: busshel

Cognate with Breton: boz

Cognate with Old Irish: bas

In summary

From Middle English busshel, from Old French boissel, from boisse, a grain measure based on Gaulish *bostyā (“handful”), from Proto-Celtic *bostā (“palm, fist”) (compare Breton boz (“hollow of the hand”), Old Irish bas), from Proto-Indo-European *gwost-, *gwosdʰ- (“branch”).