bushelful

[ boosh-uhl-fool ]

/ ˈbʊʃ əlˌfʊl /

noun, plural bush·el·fuls.

an amount equal to the capacity of a bushel.

Origin of bushelful

late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50; see origin at bushel¹, -ful

usage note for bushelful

See -ful.

Words nearby bushelful

bushcraft, bushed, bushel, bushelbasket, busheled iron, bushelful, bushelman, busher, bushfire, bushfly, Bush, George H. W.

Example sentences from the Web for bushelful

He pushed the empty chest into the river and then went home with the sexton to get his bushelful of money.
Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales|Hans Christian Andersen
A bushelful of nonsense is talked pro and con: it always is at an innovation.
Diana of the Crossways, Complete|George Meredith
He is asked if beans are taken from a bushelful, what colour predominates?
The Browning Cyclopdia|Edward Berdoe
And so quite contentedly they paid the bushelful of gold pieces to the peasant, who had got kisses, not cuffs, by his bargains.
Twenty-Four Unusual Stories for Boys and Girls|Anna Cogswell Tyler

单词	bushelful
释义	bushelful [ boosh-uhl-fool ] / ˈbʊʃ əlˌfʊl / noun, plural bush·el·fuls. an amount equal to the capacity of a bushel. Origin of bushelful late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50; see origin at bushel¹, -ful usage note for bushelful See -ful. Words nearby bushelful bushcraft, bushed, bushel, bushelbasket, busheled iron, bushelful, bushelman, busher, bushfire, bushfly, Bush, George H. W. Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for bushelful He pushed the empty chest into the river and then went home with the sexton to get his bushelful of money. Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales\|Hans Christian Andersen A bushelful of nonsense is talked pro and con: it always is at an innovation. Diana of the Crossways, Complete\|George Meredith He is asked if beans are taken from a bushelful, what colour predominates? The Browning Cyclopdia\|Edward Berdoe And so quite contentedly they paid the bushelful of gold pieces to the peasant, who had got kisses, not cuffs, by his bargains. Twenty-Four Unusual Stories for Boys and Girls\|Anna Cogswell Tyler
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