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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half-bushel

In retirement, I pulled it out, mooched a half-bushel of organic soybeans from an Iowa farmer friend and launched into tofu-making again.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 2, 2026

“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 by hand from a step-ladder into half-bushel measures, and sort into three grades—first, sound, and not wormy; second, may be wormy, but otherwise sound; third, cider.

From The Apple by Various

Hand-picked fruit in half-bushel peach baskets or in berry boxes usually brings from $1 to $2 per bushel.

From Manual of American Grape-Growing by Hedrick, U. P.

With a capacity of a half-bushel, it weighed only five pounds.

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