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The correct spelling is bushels. A dry measure, containing four pecks, eight gallons, or thirty-two quarts. For example: "a heap containing ten bushels of apples"

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a heap containing ten bushels of apples

Definition

noun

  1. 1.A dry measure, containing four pecks, eight gallons, or thirty-two quarts.
  2. 2.A vessel of the capacity of a bushel, used in measuring; a bushel measure.
  3. 3.A quantity that fills a bushel measure.
  4. 4.A large indefinite quantity.
  5. 5.The iron lining in the nave of a wheel.

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