bushel

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Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a United States dry measure equal to 4 pecks or 2152.42 cubic inches
  2. noun a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 4 pecks
  3. verb restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken

Etymology

From Middle English busshel, from Old French boissel, from boisse, a grain measure based on Gaulish *bostyā (“handful”), from Proto-Celtic *bostā (“palm, fist”) (compare Breton boz (“hollow of the hand”), Old Irish bas), from Proto-Indo-European *gwost-, *gwosdʰ- (“branch”).

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