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Bushel

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Noun

1. bushel

a United States dry measure equal to 4 pecks or 2152.42 cubic inches

2. bushel

a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 4 pecks

Verb

3. bushel, doctor, fix, furbish up, mend, repair, restore, touch on

restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken

Example Sentences:
'She repaired her TV set'
'Repair my shoes please'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Bushel

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noun
1. 
(formerly) a Brit unit of dry or liquid measure equal to 8 Imperial gallons. 1 Imperial bushel is equivalent to 0.036 37 cubic metres
2. 
a US unit of dry measure equal to 64 US pints. 1 US bushel is equivalent to 0.035 24 cubic metres
3. 
a container with a capacity equal to either of these quantities
4. US informal
a large amount; great deal
5.  hide one's light under a bushel
verb -els, -elling, -elled, -els, -eling or -eled
(transitive) US
to alter or mend (a garment)

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Bushel

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noun
1. 
a unit of dry measure for grain, fruit, etc., equal to 32 dry quarts or 4 pecks (35.2384 dry liters or 1.2445 cubic feet): abbrev. bu
2. 
a container holding one bushel
3. 
a weight taken as the equivalent of one bushel
4.  Informal
a large amount Abbrev. bu
verb transitive, verb intransitiveWord forms: ˈbusheled or ˈbushelled, ˈbusheling or ˈbushelling
to repair, renovate, or alter (esp. garments)

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Bushel

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n.
1. Abbr. bu.
a. A unit of volume or capacity in the US Customary System, used in dry measure and equal to 4 pecks, 2,150.42 cubic inches, or 35.24 liters.
b. 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.
tr.v. bush·eled, bush·el·ing, bush·els or bush·elled or bush·el·ling
To alter or mend (clothing).

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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