Synonyms for bushel
ˈbʊʃ əlbushel

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1. bushelnoun

   a United States dry measure equal to 4 pecks or 2152.42 cubic inches

2. bushelverb

   a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 4 pecks

3. repair, mend, fix, bushel, doctor, furbish up, restore, touch onverb

   restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken

   "She repaired her TV set"; "Repair my shoes please"

   Synonyms:
   touch, furbish up, cook, desexualise, sterilize, ready, concern, prepare, get, set up, compensate, revivify, remediate, recompense, secure, pertain, sterilise, gear up, impact, mend, regenerate, vivify, amend, situate, have-to doe with, heal, make, fasten, determine, renovate, desexualize, reestablish, define, specify, rejuvenate, reconstruct, sophisticate, quicken, refer, desex, affect, unsex, fixate, resort, restore, relate, rectify, touch on, recreate, deposit, remedy, repair, pay back, doctor up, posit, bear on, bear upon, come to, animate, reanimate, limit, revive, restitute, set, fix, pay off, reinstate, doctor, indemnify

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1. • United States Dry Unit
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1. bushelnoun

   Synonyms:
   four pecks, eight gallons, thirty-two quarts

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1. List of paraphrases for "bushel":

   bu

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How to use bushel in a sentence?

1. Author Unknown:

   A handful of common sense is worth a bushel of learning.

2. Mike Steenhoek:

   A customer of U.S. soybeans in Asia could save 35 cents per bushel simply due to greater transportation efficiency.

3. Prophet Muhammad, Muslim:

   Verily, a man teaching his child manners is better than giving one bushel of grain in alms.

4. Dutch Proverb:

   A handful of patience is worth more than a bushel of brains.

5. Henry Ward Beecher:

   Genius unexerted is no more genius than a bushel of acorns is a forest of oaks.