bushel -
A vessel of the capacity of a bushel, used in measuring; a bushel measure.
bushel -
A quantity that fills a bushel measure; as, a heap containing ten bushels of apples.
bushel -
A large indefinite quantity.
bushel -
The iron lining in the nave of a wheel. Eng. In the United States it is called a box.
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A bushel is an imperial and U.S. customary unit of dry volume, equivalent in each of these systems to 4 pecks or 8 gallons. It is used for volumes of dry commodities (not liquids), most often in agriculture.