bushel

  1. Noun.  A dry measure, containing four pecks, eight gallons (36.4 L), or thirty-two quarts.
  2. Noun.  A vessel of the capacity of a bushel, used in measuring; a bushel measure.
  3. Noun.  A quantity that fills a bushel measure; as, a heap containing ten bushels of apples.
  4. Noun.  (colloquial) A large indefinite quantity.
  5. Noun.  The iron lining in the nave of a wheel. [Eng.] In the United States it is called a box.

This is an unmodified, but possibly outdated, definition from Wiktionary and used here under the Creative Commons license. Wiktionary is a great resource. If you like it too, please donate to Wikimedia.

This entry was last updated on RefTopia from its source on 3/20/2012.