bushel (Meaning)
bushel (n)
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
bushel (v)
restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken
bushel (n.)
A dry measure, containing four pecks, eight gallons, or thirty-two quarts.
A vessel of the capacity of a bushel, used in measuring; a bushel measure.
A quantity that fills a bushel measure; as, a heap containing ten bushels of apples.
A large indefinite quantity.
The iron lining in the nave of a wheel. [Eng.] In the United States it is called a box. See 4th Bush.
bushel (v. t. & i.)
To mend or repair, as men's garments; to repair garments.
Synonyms & Antonyms of bushel
Synonyms:
Antonyms:
- atom
- bit
- shadow
- sprinkling
- fragment
- dot
- dram
- touch
- peanuts
- pinch
- particle
- suspicion
- scruple
- mouthful
- particle
- scintilla
- sprinkle
- fragment
- hint
- mite
- glimmer
- strain
- shade
- pinch
- spot
- scrap
- dot
- molecule
- scrap
- touch
- dram
- strain
- scruple
- ounce
- sprinkling
- handful
- taste
- glimmer
- sprinkle
- speck
- spot
- molecule
- hint
- pittance
- taste
- mite
- grain
- ounce
- shade
- shadow
- grain
- scintilla
- handful
- speck
- pittance
- suspicion
- mouthful
- bit
- ray
- atom
- ray
- peanuts
Synonyms:
- mountain
- abundance
- lot
- bucket
- thousands
- gobs
- pot
- quite a bit
- myriad
- boatload
- wealth
- plenitude
- potful
- deal
- reams
- heap
- multiplicity
- raft
- good deal
- stack
- peck
- basketful
- yard
- pack
- store
- bundle
- barrel
- lashings
- plateful
- carload
- passel
- all kinds (of)
- volume
- fistful
- hundred
- truckload
- wad
- sheaf
- shipload
- mass
- profusion
Antonyms:
- flyspeck
- tad
- nip
- dab
- lick
- whit
- ace
- mote
- nubbin
- whit
- tittle
- jot
- tad
- drop
- streak
- iota
- streak
- smidgeon
- shred
- driblet
- piece
- smattering
- shot
- dash
- nubbin
- piece
- morsel
- smidgeon
- shred
- driblet
- trace
- modicum
- fleck
- smidge
- shot
- crumb
- section
- lick
- ace
- granule
- tittle
- drop
- jot
- smidgen
- flyspeck
- dash
- morsel
- granule
- smidgin
- shortage
- section
- modicum
- iota
- dab
- crumb
- smidgen
- shortage
- portion
- smidgin
- little
- mote
- trace
- smidge
- fleck
- portion
- nip
- smattering
- little
Synonyms:
- million
- press
- embarrassment
- crowd
- swarm
- much
- bevy
- surfeit
- flood
- legion
- overflow
- drove
- excess
- overabundance
- overage
- score
- rash
- army
- sight
- host
- cram
- spate
- plethora
- horde
- herd
- bonanza
- scads
- oodles
- surplus
- crush
- plague
- superfluity
- epidemic
- overkill
- deluge
- superabundance
- zillion
- throng
- lashins
- sea
- multitude
- oversupply
- plentitude
- mess
- flock
Antonyms:
FAQs About the word bushel
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, restore by replacing
quantity, pile, bunch, loads, plenty, dozen, slew, chunk,ton, mountain
atom, bit, shadow, sprinkling, fragment, dot, dram, touch, peanuts, pinch
The farmer harvested a bushel of apples from his orchard, ripe and ready for market.
She spent the afternoon picking a bushel of tomatoes from her garden, preparing for canning season.
The bakery used several bushels of flour each week to meet the demand for their freshly baked goods.
Despite the drought, the farmer managed to yield a bushel of corn from his field.
