half-bushel

American  

[haf-boosh-uhl, hahf-] / ˈhæfˈbʊʃ əl, ˈhɑf- /

noun

1. a unit of dry measure equal to 2 pecks (17.6 liters).

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Example Sentences

“Whereas usually on the holidays, people would buy bushels or a half-bushel because they’d have a Thanksgiving party or they’d have a Christmas party . . . and having raw oysters would be part of their appetizers.”

From Washington Post • Oct. 25, 2021

I pick apples in half-bushel baskets; sort into two classes, putting all fine, sound and good size in first grade.

From The Apple by Various

They were of all sizes from a half-bushel down to a quart and used for "dry measure."

From Personal Recollections of a Cavalryman With Custer's Michigan Cavalry Brigade in the Civil War by Kidd, James Harvey

I pick by hand in half-bushel baskets, sell at wholesale, and the buyer sorts to suit himself.

From The Apple by Various

The half-bushel or thirty pounds of dried cubes in each box, represent two bushels of fresh vegetables.

From Solaris Farm A Story of the Twentieth Century by Edson, Milan C.