Definition of Bushels

1. Noun. (plural of bushel) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Bushels

1. bushel [v] - See also: bushel

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bushels

bushel
bushel basket
bushel baskets
bushelage
bushelages
busheled
busheler
bushelers
busheling
bushelled
busheller
bushellers
bushelling
bushelman
bushelmen
bushels (current term)
busher
bushers
bushes
bushet
bushets
bushfighter
bushfighters
bushfighting
bushfire
bushfires
bushfood
bushfoods
bushgoat
bushgoats

Literary usage of Bushels

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Publications by English Dialect Society (1880)
"6j Winchester bushels; of lime, about 6 bushels; of potatoes, ... of wheat and beans, 4 bushels; of barley and oats, 6 bushels; of oak bark, 10 stone. ..."

2. The Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by Isaac Smith Homans, William Buck Dana (1861)
"Smallest crop in one county : Trumbull, 2084 bushels ; Mahoning, 6510; Portage, 10.373 bushels; Geauga, 11078 bushels. Largest crop in one county : Butler, ..."

3. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1912)
"Four plots not receiving phosphorus produced, respectively, 28.8 bushels, 30.5 bushels, 33.2 bushels and 29.5 bushels of wheat per acre; while four other ..."

4. Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by William B. Dana (1859)
"The average yield of barley, in 1856, was thirty bushels per acre; in 1857, ... 22J bushels. No portion of the Union can vie with California in the ..."

5. Annual Report by Illinois Farmers' Institute (1916)
"Compared with adjoining no-phosphate plots, the yield of potatoes in 1910 was increased by soluble phosphate 44 bushels on the "more heavy soil" on Plot 12, ..."

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