bushelful

[ boosh-uhl-fool ]

noun

, plural bush·el·fuls.

1. an amount equal to the capacity of a bushel.

Spelling Note

See -ful.

Word History and Origins

Origin of bushelful¹

late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50; bushel ¹, -ful

Example Sentences

He is asked if beans are taken from a bushelful, what colour predominates?

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Little Klaus gave the farmer his sack with the dry skin, and got instead a good bushelful of money.

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He pushed the empty chest into the river and then went home with the sexton to get his bushelful of money.

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And so quite contentedly they paid the bushelful of gold pieces to the peasant, who had got kisses, not cuffs, by his bargains.

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I will give you a whole bushelful of money if you will let me go!'

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