bushel

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)
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.

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.

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.

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.

Convert:  Into:  cu. ft cu. in cu. meters liters pecks pint (dry) quarts (dry)

Result:

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.

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

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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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