# bushel
## English
### 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”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbʊʃəl/
* (US, dialectal) IPA: /ˈbuʃəl/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Hyphenation: bush‧el
* Rhymes: -ʊʃəl

### Noun

bushel (plural bushels)
* (historical) 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).
** 1882, James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England, volume 4, page 207:The quarter, bushel, and peck are nearly universal measures of corn.
* A vessel of the capacity of a bushel, used in measuring; a bushel measure.
** 1526, [William Tyndale, transl.], The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible), [Worms, Germany: Peter Schöffer], →OCLC, Mark iiij:[21]: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?
* 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

* bushelage
* bushel basket
* bushelful
* busheller
* bushelman
* bushel measure
* bushelwoman
* hide one's light under a bushel
* Winchester bushel

#### 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.

### References

* ↑ Krapp, George Philip (1925) The English Language in America‎, volume II, New York: Century Co. for the Modern Language Association of America, →OCLC, page 150.

### Further reading

* bushel on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

## Finnish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbuʃel/, [ˈbuʃe̞l]
* Rhymes: -uʃel

### Noun

bushel
* Alternative form of busheli

#### Declension

Possessive forms of bushel (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
bushelini
bushelini
accusative
nom.
bushelini
bushelini
gen.
bushelini
genitive
bushelini
bushelieni busheleideni busheleitteni
partitive
busheliani
busheleitani bushelejani
inessive
bushelissani
busheleissani
elative
bushelistani
busheleistani
illative
busheliini
busheleihini
adessive
bushelillani
busheleillani
ablative
busheliltani
busheleiltani
allative
bushelilleni
busheleilleni
essive
bushelinani
busheleinani
translative
bushelikseni
busheleikseni
abessive
bushelittani
busheleittani
instructive
comitative
—busheleineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
bushelisi
bushelisi
accusative
nom.
bushelisi
bushelisi
gen.
bushelisi
genitive
bushelisi
busheliesi busheleidesi busheleittesi
partitive
busheliasi
busheleitasi bushelejasi
inessive
bushelissasi
busheleissasi
elative
bushelistasi
busheleistasi
illative
busheliisi
busheleihisi
adessive
bushelillasi
busheleillasi
ablative
busheliltasi
busheleiltasi
allative
bushelillesi
busheleillesi
essive
bushelinasi
busheleinasi
translative
busheliksesi
busheleiksesi
abessive
bushelittasi
busheleittasi
instructive
comitative
—busheleinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
bushelimme
bushelimme
accusative
nom.
bushelimme
bushelimme
gen.
bushelimme
genitive
bushelimme
busheliemme busheleidemme busheleittemme
partitive
busheliamme
busheleitamme bushelejamme
inessive
bushelissamme
busheleissamme
elative
bushelistamme
busheleistamme
illative
busheliimme
busheleihimme
adessive
bushelillamme
busheleillamme
ablative
busheliltamme
busheleiltamme
allative
bushelillemme
busheleillemme
essive
bushelinamme
busheleinamme
translative
busheliksemme
busheleiksemme
abessive
bushelittamme
busheleittamme
instructive
comitative
—busheleinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
bushelinne
bushelinne
accusative
nom.
bushelinne
bushelinne
gen.
bushelinne
genitive
bushelinne
bushelienne busheleidenne busheleittenne
partitive
bushelianne
busheleitanne bushelejanne
inessive
bushelissanne
busheleissanne
elative
bushelistanne
busheleistanne
illative
busheliinne
busheleihinne
adessive
bushelillanne
busheleillanne
ablative
busheliltanne
busheleiltanne
allative
bushelillenne
busheleillenne
essive
bushelinanne
busheleinanne
translative
busheliksenne
busheleiksenne
abessive
bushelittanne
busheleittanne
instructive
comitative
—busheleinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
bushelinsa
bushelinsa
accusative
nom.
bushelinsa
bushelinsa
gen.
bushelinsa
genitive
bushelinsa
busheliensa busheleidensa busheleittensa
partitive
busheliaan busheliansa
busheleitaan bushelejaan busheleitansa bushelejansa
inessive
bushelissaan bushelissansa
busheleissaan busheleissansa
elative
bushelistaan bushelistansa
busheleistaan busheleistansa
illative
busheliinsa
busheleihinsa
adessive
bushelillaan bushelillansa
busheleillaan busheleillansa
ablative
busheliltaan busheliltansa
busheleiltaan busheleiltansa
allative
bushelilleen bushelillensa
busheleilleen busheleillensa
essive
bushelinaan bushelinansa
busheleinaan busheleinansa
translative
bushelikseen busheliksensa
busheleikseen busheleiksensa
abessive
bushelittaan bushelittansa
busheleittaan busheleittansa
instructive
comitative
—busheleineen busheleinensa :

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Noun

bushel m (definite singular bushelen, indefinite plural bushel or bushels, definite plural bushelene)
* a bushel

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Noun

bushel m (plural bushelen)
* a bushel

## Romanian
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English bushel.

### Noun

bushel m (plural busheli)
* bushel