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  (bʊsh'əl) pronunciation
n.
  1. (Abbr. bsh. or bu.)
    1. A unit of volume or capacity in the U.S. Customary System, used in dry measure and equal to 4 pecks, 2,150.42 cubic inches, or 35.24 liters.
    2. A unit of volume or capacity in the British Imperial System, used in dry and liquid measure and equal to 2,219.36 cubic inches or 36.37 liters.
  2. A container with the capacity of a bushel.
  3. Informal. A large amount; a great deal: We have bushels of time, so relax.

[Middle English, from Anglo-Norman bussel, variant of Old French boissiel, from boisse, one sixth of a bushel, of Celtic origin.]


bush·el2 (bʊsh'əl) pronunciation
tr.v., -eled or -elled, -el·ing or -el·ling, -els or -els.

To alter or mend (clothing).

[Probably from German bosseln, to do odd jobs, alteration (perhaps influenced by bosseln, to emboss) of basteln, to rig up, mend, probably from Bast, bast fiber (used to make rope), from Middle High German bast, from Old High German.]

busheler bush'el·er or bush'el·ler n.
bushelman bush'el·man (-mən) n.
 
 
Food and Nutrition: bushel

A traditional dry measure of capacity, equivalent to 80 lb of distilled water at 17 °C with a barometer reading of 30 inches, i.e. 8 imperial gallons (36.4 L); used as a measure of corn, potatoes, etc. The American (Winchester) bushel is 3% larger.

The weight of a bushel varies with the product: wheat 27 kg, maize and rye 25 kg, barley 22 kg, paddy rice 20 kg, oats 14.5 kg.

 
Thesaurus: bushel

noun

    An indeterminately great amount or number: jillion, million (often used in plural), multiplicity, ream, trillion. Informal gob, heap (often used in plural), load (often used in plural), lot, oodles, passel, peck, scad (often used in plural), slew, wad, zillion. See big/small/amount.

 
Unit Conversions: bushels

To convert from bushels to:

cu. ft, multiply by 1.2445.
cu. in, multiply by 2150.4.
cu. meters, multiply by .03524.
liters, multiply by 35.24.
pecks, multiply by 4.
pint (dry), multiply by 64.
quarts (dry), multiply by 32.

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Word Tutor: bushel
pronunciation

IN BRIEF: 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. v. - Restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken.

pronunciation A word to the wise is enough, and many words won't fill a bushel. — Benjamin Franklin. Source: Poor Richard's Almanac, 1758, Preface: Courteous Reader

 
Wikipedia: bushel
A table of weights from the secretaries of the different states, showing the no. of lbs. which their laws recognize as a bushel of different articles. c. 1854
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A table of weights from the secretaries of the different states, showing the no. of lbs. which their laws recognize as a bushel of different articles. c. 1854

A bushel is a unit of dry volume, usually subdivided into eight local gallons in the systems of Imperial units and U.S. customary units. It is used for volumes of dry commodities, not liquids, most often in agriculture. It is abbreviated as bsh. or bu.

  • 1 U.S. bushel = 35.23907017 litres = 8 corn/dry gallons = 9.309177489 wine/liquid gallons
  • 1 Imperial bushel = 36.36872 litres = 8 Imperial gallons
An example of a bushel, this one is holding apples.
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An example of a bushel, this one is holding apples.

The United States or Winchester bushel was originally defined as the volume of a cylindrical container 18½ inches in diameter and 8 inches deep (2150.420171… cu in); it is now defined as 2150.42 cubic inches exactly. It is divided into eight dry gallons, which are different from the liquid gallons with which most Americans are more familiar. Nor are they the same as the Imperial gallon. There are four pecks in a bushel.[1]

Bushels are now most often used as units of mass rather than of volume. The bushels in which grains are bought and sold on commodity markets or at local grain elevators, and for reports of grain production, are all units of mass. This is done by assigning a standard weight to each commodity that is to be measured in bushels. These bushels depend on the commodities being measured; some of the more common ones are (all exact):

Other specific values are defined (and those definitions may vary in different jurisdictions, including from state to state in the United States) for other grains, oilseeds, fruits, vegetables, coal, hair, and many other commodities.

Government policy in the United States is to phase out units such as the bushel and replace them with the metric system as used for all purposes in the rest of the world, and for all scientific and technical purposes world wide. It is therefore important to know how the bushel relates to the metric equivalent, and whether the bushels are used as units of mass or units of volume.

The name “bushel” has also been used to translate foreign units of a similar size and sometimes shared origin, like the German “Scheffel”.

History

The bushel was originally a measure of capacity for grain. During the Middle Ages, the bushel of wheat was supposed to weigh 64 tower pounds, but when the tower system was abolished in the 16th century, it was described as 56 avoirdupois pounds. The bushel was rarely used in Scotland, Ireland or Wales during the Middle Ages.

Until and before the 19th century there were even more gallons in use. Examples:

1792 cu in
standard wine gallon preserved at Guildhall
1848 cu in
statute of 5th of Anne
2118.4 cu in
ancient Rumford quart (1228)
2124 cu in
Exchequer (Henry VII., 1091, with rim)
2130 cu in
ancient Rumford (1228)
2150 cu in
Winchester, statute 13 + 14 by William III.
2168 cu in − 16 spoonfuls
Exchequer (Henry VII., 1601, E.E.)
2168 cu in
Exchequer (1601, E.), corn
2176 cu in
corn (1688)
2217.44 cu in
coal, statute 12 of Anne
2224 cu in
Exchequer (Henry VII., with copper rim)
2227.2 cu in
Exchequer (1601 and 1602 pints)
2240 cu in
Exchequer (1601 quart)
2256 cu in
Treasury (gallon for beer and ale)


Links

U.S. Commercial Bushel Sizes for Agricultural Crops

References

  1. ^ [1] Cooperative Extension Service, Iowa State University, "Acreage Answers," Feb.-Mar. 2002, Vol. 3, Issue 1. retrieved Nov. 21, 2006

nrm:Bouissé


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Translations: Translations for: Bushel

Dansk (Danish)
1.
n. - bushel, skæppe

2.
v. tr. - forandre, omforandre

Nederlands (Dutch)
bushel (maat voor droge waren), (mv) een hele hoop, repareren

Français (French)
1.
n. - (Mes) boisseau (= environ 36 litres), (US) grande quantité (fam)

2.
v. tr. - retoucher/raccommoder (un vêtement)

Deutsch (German)
1.
n. - Hohlmaß, etwa dem Scheffel entsprechend, Buschel

2.
v. - (Am) ausbessern, ändern (Kleidung), flicken

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - μόδι, μπούσελ (8 γαλόνια)

Italiano (Italian)
staio

idioms:

  • hide one's light under a bushel    nascondere i propri meriti

Português (Portuguese)
n. - medida (f) de capacidade correspondente a 35,239 l (EUA) e 36,348 l (Ingl.)

idioms:

  • hide one's light under a bushel    esconder seus talentos (fig.)

Русский (Russian)
бушель

idioms:

  • hide one's light under a bushel    скрывать свои таланты

Español (Spanish)
1.
n. - medida de áridos, GB=36,35 litros, US=35,23 litros

2.
v. tr. - medir en bushels

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - rymdmått för spannmål

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
1. 蒲式耳, 大量, 一蒲式耳的容器

2. 修改

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
1.
v. tr. - 修改

2.
n. - 蒲式耳, 大量, 一蒲式耳的容器

한국어 (Korean)
1.
n. - 부셸(곡식따위의 계량단위)

2.
v. tr. - 수선하다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - ブッシェル, ブッシェル重量, 多量
v. - 仕立て直す

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) مكيال حبوب 36( لتر)‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮4.63 ליטר - מידה לתבואות, פירות, נוזלים ועוד (בריטניה), 46 פיינט (כחצי ליטר)- מידה לסחורות יבשות (ארה"ב), שמונה גלונים, בושל‬
v. tr. - ‮תיקן או הטליא בגדים‬

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