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English

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imperial bushel (2)

Etymology

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FromMiddle Englishbusshel, fromOld Frenchboissel, fromboisse, a grain measure based onGaulish*bostyā(handful), fromProto-Celtic*bostā(palm, fist) (compareBretonboz(hollow of the hand),Old Irishbas), fromProto-Indo-European*gwost-,*gwosdʰ-(branch).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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bushel (pluralbushels)

  1. (historical) Adry measure, containing fourpecks, eightgallons, or thirty-twoquarts; equivalent in volume to approximately 0.0364cubic meters (imperial bushel) or 0.0352 cubic meters (U.S. bushel).
    • 1882, James Edwin Thorold Rogers,A History of Agriculture and Prices in England, volume 4, page207:
      The quarter,bushel, and peck are nearly universal measures of corn.
  2. A vessel of the capacity of a bushel, used in measuring; a bushel measure.
  3. A quantity that fills a bushel measure.
    a heap containing tenbushels of apples
  4. (colloquial) A large indefinite quantity.
  5. (UK) The iron lining in the nave of a wheel.
    Synonym:box

Derived terms

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Translations

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dry measure
vessel of capacity of a bushel

See also

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Verb

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bushel (third-person singular simple presentbushels,present participlebushelingorbushelling,simple past and past participlebusheledorbushelled)

  1. (US, tailoring, ambitransitive) Tomend orrepairclothes.
  2. Topackgrain,hops, etc. into bushelmeasures.

References

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  1. ^Krapp, George Philip (1925)The English Language in America[1], volume II, New York: Century Co. for theModern Language Association of America,→OCLC,page150.

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Finnish

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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bushel

  1. Alternative form ofbusheli

Declension

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Inflection ofbushel (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation)
nominativebushelbushelit
genitivebushelinbushelien
busheleiden
busheleitten
partitivebusheliabusheleita
busheleja
illativebusheliinbusheleihin
singularplural
nominativebushelbushelit
accusativenom.bushelbushelit
gen.bushelin
genitivebushelinbushelien
busheleiden
busheleitten
partitivebusheliabusheleita
busheleja
inessivebushelissabusheleissa
elativebushelistabusheleista
illativebusheliinbusheleihin
adessivebushelillabusheleilla
ablativebusheliltabusheleilta
allativebushelillebusheleille
essivebushelinabusheleina
translativebusheliksibusheleiksi
abessivebushelittabusheleitta
instructivebushelein
comitativeSee the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms ofbushel(Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation)
third-person possessor
singularplural
nominativebushelinsabushelinsa
accusativenom.bushelinsabushelinsa
gen.bushelinsa
genitivebushelinsabusheliensa
busheleidensa
busheleittensa
partitivebusheliaan
busheliansa
busheleitaan
bushelejaan
busheleitansa
bushelejansa
inessivebushelissaan
bushelissansa
busheleissaan
busheleissansa
elativebushelistaan
bushelistansa
busheleistaan
busheleistansa
illativebusheliinsabusheleihinsa
adessivebushelillaan
bushelillansa
busheleillaan
busheleillansa
ablativebusheliltaan
busheliltansa
busheleiltaan
busheleiltansa
allativebushelilleen
bushelillensa
busheleilleen
busheleillensa
essivebushelinaan
bushelinansa
busheleinaan
busheleinansa
translativebushelikseen
busheliksensa
busheleikseen
busheleiksensa
abessivebushelittaan
bushelittansa
busheleittaan
busheleittansa
instructive
comitativebusheleineen
busheleinensa

Norwegian Bokmål

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Noun

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bushel m (definite singularbushelen,indefinite pluralbushelorbushels,definite pluralbushelene)

  1. abushel

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Norwegian NynorskWikipedia has an article on:
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Noun

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bushel m (pluralbushelen)

  1. abushel

Romanian

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing fromEnglishbushel.

Noun

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bushel m (pluralbusheli)

  1. bushel

Declension

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Declension ofbushel
singularplural
indefinitedefiniteindefinitedefinite
nominative-accusativebushelbushelulbushelibushelii
genitive-dativebushelbusheluluibushelibushelilor
vocativebushelulebushelilor
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