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===Etymology=== |
===Etymology=== |
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From {{inh|en|enm|busshel}}, from {{der|en|fro|boissel||bushel}}, of {{der|en|cel-gau|-}} origin. |
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From {{der|en|fro|boissel}}, from {{m|fro|boisse}}, a grain measure based on {{der|en|cel-gau|*bostyā||handful}}, from {{der|en|cel-pro|*bostā||palm, fist}} (compare {{cog|br|boz||hollow of the hand}}, {{cog|sga|bas}}), from {{etyl|ine-pro|en}} {{m|ine-pro|*gwost-}}, {{m|ine-pro|*gwosdʰ-||branch}}. |
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===Pronunciation=== |
===Pronunciation=== |
Revision as of 07:15, 27 September 2019
English
Etymology
From Middle English busshel, from Old French boissel (“bushel”), of Gaulish origin.
Pronunciation
- (deprecated use of
|lang=
parameter) IPA(key): /ˈbʊʃəl/ - (deprecated use of
|lang=
parameter)Audio (US): (file) - (deprecated use of
|lang=
parameter) Rhymes: -ʊʃəl
Noun
bushel (plural bushels)
- (historical) A dry measure, containing four pecks, eight gallons, or thirty-two quarts.
- 1882, James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England, Volume 4, p. 207:
- The quarter, bushel, and peck are nearly universal measures of corn.
- 1882, James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England, Volume 4, p. 207:
- A vessel of the capacity of a bushel, used in measuring; a bushel measure.
- 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, Mark IV:
- And he sayde unto them: is the candle lighted, to be put under a busshell, or under the borde: ys it not therfore lighted that it shulde be put on a candelsticke?
- 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, Mark IV:
- A quantity that fills a bushel measure.
- a heap containing ten bushels of apples
- (colloquial) A large indefinite quantity.
- (UK) The iron lining in the nave of a wheel.
- Synonym: box
Derived terms
Translations
dry measure
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vessel of capacity of a bushel
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See also
- kenning (“half a bushel”)
Verb
bushel (third-person singular simple present bushels, present participle busheling or bushelling, simple past and past participle busheled or bushelled)
- (US, tailoring, transitive, intransitive) To mend or repair clothes.
- To pack grain, hops, etc. into bushel measures.
Finnish
Noun
bushel
- (deprecated use of
|lang=
parameter) Alternative form of busheli
Declension
Inflection of bushel (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | bushel | bushelit | |
genitive | bushelin | bushelien busheleiden busheleitten | |
partitive | bushelia | busheleita busheleja | |
illative | busheliin | busheleihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | bushel | bushelit | |
accusative | nom. | bushel | bushelit |
gen. | bushelin | ||
genitive | bushelin | bushelien busheleiden busheleitten | |
partitive | bushelia | busheleita busheleja | |
inessive | bushelissa | busheleissa | |
elative | bushelista | busheleista | |
illative | busheliin | busheleihin | |
adessive | bushelilla | busheleilla | |
ablative | bushelilta | busheleilta | |
allative | bushelille | busheleille | |
essive | bushelina | busheleina | |
translative | busheliksi | busheleiksi | |
abessive | bushelitta | busheleitta | |
instructive | — | bushelein | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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