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 had to supply a large waste-basket and have often wished I had kept for comparison and a lesson in practical �sthetics the half-bushel or more of wasted sheets thrown away nearly every day.

From Concerning Lafcadio Hearn With a Bibliography by Laura Stedman by Gould, George M. (George Milbrey)

To every four gallons of boiled cider allow a half-bushel of nice, juicy apples, pared, cored, and quartered.

From The Apple by Various

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

The structure was made of sticks, and enormous in size; a half-bushel measure would hardly hold it.

From A Bird-Lover in the West by Miller, Olive Thorne