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bushel::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | doctor, fix, furbish up, mend, repair, restore, touch on |
| Type of | amend, improve, better, meliorate, ameliorate |
| Has types | revamp, sole, tinker, trouble-shoot, troubleshoot, vamp, cobble, darn, fiddle, fill, heel, patch, patch up, piece, point, reheel, repoint, resole |
bushel::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | imperial capacity unit, british capacity unit |
bushel::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | united states dry unit |
Examples of bushel
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As recently as mid-June, corn traded around $3.60 per bushel and soybeans at $9.
From the desmoinesregister.com
Ever since turning pro in 1996, Tiger Woods has earned money by the bushel load.
From the sacbee.com
Wheat for September delivery fell 10.5 cents, or 1.9 percent, to $5.38 a bushel.
From the thenewstribune.com
Since then, prices have risen to record levels, topping $12 a bushel for a time.
From the kansas.com
Wheat rose 0.3 percent to $4.895 and soybeans were unchanged at $9.935 a bushel.
From the bloomberg.com
Wheat prices topped out at an all-time high above $13 a bushel in February 2008.
From the thenewstribune.com
Corn contracts hit $8.1775 a bushel July 30, more than $2.50 above March levels.
From the washingtonpost.com
The bushel was rarely used in Scotland, Ireland or Wales during the Middle Ages.
From the en.wikipedia.org
They have since dropped to about $3.50 a bushel, still above the historical norm.
From the newsobserver.com
- A United States dry measure equal to 4 pecks or 2152.42 cubic inches
- Repair: restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken; "She repaired her TV set"; "Repair my shoes please"
- A British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 4 pecks
- A bushel is an imperial and U.S. customary unit of dry volume, equivalent in each of these systems to 4 pecks or 8 gallons. It is used for volumes of dry commodities (not liquids), most often in agriculture. It is abbreviated as bsh. or bu. ...
- A dry measure, containing four pecks, eight gallons (36.4 L), or thirty-two quarts; A vessel of the capacity of a bushel, used in measuring; a bushel measure; A quantity that fills a bushel measure; as, a heap containing ten bushels of apples; A large indefinite quantity; The iron lining in the ...
- (Bushels) Converts pounds to bushels based on weight/volume ratios specific to each product
- A unit of dry volume typically used to quantify crop yields. One bushel is equivalent to 32 quarts or 2,150.42 cubic inches. A bushel is often used to represent the weight of a particular crop; for example, one bushel of No. 2 yellow shelled corn at 15.5% moisture content weighs 56 lb.
- Unit of measure equal to 8 gallons or 32-quart capacity. Often used to measure quantity of clams, oysters or crabs.
- A unit of dry measure equal to four pecks; hence, a large amount ["Bushel and a Peck": I, iv]
