bushelful

American  

[boosh-uhl-fool] / ˈbʊʃ əlˌfʊl /

noun

plural

bushelfuls

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

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Spelling

See -ful.

Etymology

Origin of bushelful

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

Example Sentences

Not even a bushelful of ripe Cortlands will convince you otherwise.

From Slate • Nov. 10, 2019

We’re finding that we can grow clean-energy jobs by the bushelful around the state of Washington.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 8, 2018

The comedies, especially, offer a vision of the world that encompasses humor high and low, hints of melancholy and even tragedy, songs of sadness and joy, and romance by the bushelful.

From New York Times • Sep. 4, 2016

There’s “human intelligence,” or HUMINT, from sources and agents on the ground; there’s imagery and satellite intelligence, or GEOINT, by the bushelful.

From Salon • Oct. 18, 2015

But nature has given him a mouthful of common sense, and the priest has added a bushelful of learning—he is what we call a very clever man in this country, where clever men are scarce.

From A Book of English Prose Part II, Arranged for Secondary and High Schools by Lubbock, Percy