bushel

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  1. noun A unit of volume or capacity in the U.S. Customary System, used in dry measure and equal to 4 pecks, 2,150.42 cubic inches, or 35.24 liters.
  2. noun A unit of volume or capacity in the British Imperial System, used in dry and liquid measure and equal to 2,219.36 cubic inches or 36.37 liters. See Table at measurement.
  3. noun A container with the capacity of a bushel.
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  • May corn ended up 2 cents at $4.04 1 / 2 per bushel, and July corn ended 2 cents higher at $4.14 —  CattleNetwork
  • May oats edged up 1 1 / 2 cents to $1.99 a bushel, and July oats gained 1 1 / 2 cents to $2.08 1 / 2. —  CattleNetwork
  • March oats tumbled 17 cents to $2.13 a bushel, and March soybeans dropped 70 cents to $9.66 a bushel. —  Brandon Sun Online - Top Stories
  • It projected the season-average price for corn will be between $5.00 and $6.00 per bushel, up 10 cents from last month, while soybeans will be between $11.60 and $13.10 per bushel, also 10 cents higher. —  Hispanic Business Magazine
  • "Feed barley prices currently range from approximately $4.25 to $2.60 a bushel, which is a modest upward trend from late 2008," he said.
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peck ·  quart ·  acre ·  ounce ·  sack ·  wheat ·  flour ·  handful ·  barley ·  ton ·  tablespoonful ·  lb

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  1. Middle English, from Anglo-Norman bussel, variant of Old French boissiel, from boisse, one sixth of a bushel, of Celtic origin.
  2. Probably from German bosseln, to do odd jobs, alteration (perhaps influenced by bosseln, to emboss) of basteln, to rig up, mend, probably from Bast, bast fiber (used to make rope), from Middle High German bast, from Old High German.

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  1. from Middle English busshel, buschel, buischel, etc. (=Icelandic bussel), from Old French bussel, boissel, French boisseau, from Middle Latin bussellus; a bushel, from bussula, a little box, a diminutive formed from bussida for buxida, prop, accusative of buxis, also (L.) buxus, a box: see boist, box, and cf. buss, boss.
  2. Dim. of bush, q. v.
  3. from bushel, n.
 

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