Standard Lemma guide

bushel

noun · verb · 10 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /ˈbʊʃəl/
  • US, dialectal: /ˈbuʃəl/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ʊʃəl
  • CMU ARPABET: B UH1 SH AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A dry measure, containing four pecks, eight gallons, or thirty-two quarts; equivalent in volume to approximately 0.0364 cubic meters (imperial bushel) or 0.0352 cubic meters (U.S. bushel).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A vessel of the capacity of a bushel, used in measuring; a bushel measure.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A quantity that fills a bushel measure.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • a heap containing ten bushels of apples

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

A large indefinite quantity.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: colloquial, figuratively

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

The iron lining in the nave of a wheel.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: UK

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: box

Antonyms: none provided

6

verb

Meaning 6

To mend or repair clothes.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: US, ambitransitive

Qualifier: tailoring

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

verb

Meaning 7

To pack grain, hops, etc. into bushel measures.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

noun

Meaning 8

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

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: United States dry unit

9

noun

Meaning 9

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

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: British capacity unit, Imperial capacity unit

10

verb

Meaning 10

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

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • She repaired her TV set
  • Repair my shoes please

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: repair, mend, fix, doctor, furbish up, restore, touch on

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate

Narrower terms: tinker, fiddle, fill, piece, patch, cobble, point, repoint, trouble-shoot, troubleshoot, patch up, sole, resole, vamp, revamp, heel, reheel, darn

History

Etymology

From Middle English busshel, from Old French boissel, from boisse, a grain measure based on Gaulish *bostyā (“handful”), from Proto-Celtic *bostā (“palm, fist”) (compare Breton boz (“hollow of the hand”), Old Irish bas), from Proto-Indo-European *gwost-, *gwosdh- (“branch”).

Across languages

Translations

64 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: çereke — dry measure
  • Albanian: karroqe — dry measure
  • Armenian: բուշել (bušel) — dry measure
  • Bulgarian: крина (krina) — dry measure
  • Catalan: faneca — dry measure
  • Cherokee: ᏑᏟᎶᏛ (sutlilodv) — dry measure
  • Chinese Mandarin: 蒲式耳 (púshì'ěr) — dry measure
  • Czech: bušl — dry measure
  • Danish: skæppe — dry measure
  • Dutch: schepel — dry measure
  • Esperanto: buŝelo — dry measure
  • Finnish: busheli — dry measure
  • Finnish: vakka — dry measure
  • French: boisseau — dry measure
  • Galician: fanega — dry measure
  • Galician: celamín — dry measure
  • Galician: ferrado — dry measure
  • German: Scheffel — dry measure
  • Hungarian: véka — dry measure
  • Indonesian: gantang — dry measure
  • Irish: buiséal — dry measure
  • Italian: moggio — dry measure
  • Italian: staio — dry measure
  • Japanese: ブッシェル (bussheru) — dry measure
  • Latin: medimnum — dry measure
  • Latin: medimnus — dry measure
  • Macedonian: бу́шел (búšel) — dry measure
  • Macedonian: ши́ник (šínik) — dry measure
  • Māori: puhera — dry measure
  • Middle English: busshel — dry measure
  • Norman: bouessé — dry measure
  • Norman: bouissé — dry measure
  • Norman: buisset — dry measure
  • Portuguese: alqueire — dry measure
  • Russian: бу́шель (búšelʹ) — dry measure
  • Serbo-Croatian: bùšel — dry measure
  • Spanish: fanega — dry measure
  • Spanish: celemín — dry measure
  • Swedish: skäppa — dry measure
  • Telugu: తూము (tūmu) — dry measure
  • Walloon: stî — dry measure
  • Welsh: bwsiel — dry measure
  • Albanian: çerekore — vessel of capacity of a bushel
  • Armenian: բուշել (bušel) — vessel of capacity of a bushel
  • Bulgarian: крина (krina) — vessel of capacity of a bushel
  • Chinese Mandarin: 蒲式耳 (púshì'ěr) — vessel of capacity of a bushel
  • Dutch: buisstuk — vessel of capacity of a bushel
  • Dutch: korenmaat — vessel of capacity of a bushel
  • Finnish: busheli — vessel of capacity of a bushel
  • Finnish: vakka — vessel of capacity of a bushel
  • French: boisseau — vessel of capacity of a bushel
  • German: Scheffel — vessel of capacity of a bushel
  • Gothic: 𐌼𐌴𐌻𐌰 (mēla) — vessel of capacity of a bushel
  • Hungarian: véka — vessel of capacity of a bushel
  • Italian: staio — vessel of capacity of a bushel
  • Japanese: ブッシェル (bussheru) — vessel of capacity of a bushel
  • Macedonian: бу́шел (búšel) — vessel of capacity of a bushel
  • Macedonian: ши́ник (šínik) — vessel of capacity of a bushel
  • Maltese: siegħ — vessel of capacity of a bushel
  • Middle English: busshel — vessel of capacity of a bushel
  • Russian: бу́шель (búšelʹ) — vessel of capacity of a bushel
  • Turkish: kile — vessel of capacity of a bushel
  • Walloon: stî — vessel of capacity of a bushel
  • Walloon: cope — vessel of capacity of a bushel