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bushelful

[ boosh-uhl-fool ]

/ ˈbʊʃ əlˌfʊl /

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noun, plural bush·el·fuls.

an amount equal to the capacity of a bushel.

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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.

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How to use bushelful in a sentence

He is asked if beans are taken from a bushelful, what colour predominates?
The Browning Cyclopdia|Edward Berdoe
Little Klaus gave the farmer his sack with the dry skin, and got instead a good bushelful of money.
The Yellow Fairy Book|Leonora Blanche Alleyne Lang
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
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

I will give you a whole bushelful of money if you will let me go!'
The Yellow Fairy Book|Leonora Blanche Alleyne Lang