HyperDic: bushel

English > 3 senses of the word bushel:
NOUNquantitybushela United States dry measure equal to 4 pecks or 2152.42 cubic inches
quantitybushela British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 4 pecks
VERBchangebushel, repair, mend, fix, doctor, furbish up, restore, touch onrestore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn / torn or broken
bushel > pronunciation
Soundsbuh'shahl
Rhymesabdominal ... zoological: 2115 rhymes with ahl...
English > bushel: 3 senses > noun 1, quantity
MeaningA United States dry measure equal to 4 pecks or 2152.42 cubic inches.
PartspeckA United States dry measure equal to 8 quarts or 537.605 cubic inches
BroaderUnited States dry unitA unit of measurement of capacity for dry substances officially adopted in the United States Customary System
English > bushel: 3 senses > noun 2, quantity
MeaningA British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 4 pecks.
Part ofquarterA quarter of a hundredweight (28 pounds)
Partsgallon, Imperial gallon, congiusA British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 4 quarts or 4.545 liters
peckA British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 2 gallons
BroaderBritish capacity unit, Imperial capacity unitA unit of measure for capacity officially adopted in the British Imperial System
Spanishcelemín
English > bushel: 3 senses > verb 1, change
Meaningrestore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn / torn or broken.
PatternSomebody ----s something
Synonymsrepair, mend, fix, doctor, furbish up, restore, touch on
Entailed byoverhaul, modernize, modernisemake repairs, renovations, revisions or adjustments to
Narrowercobblerepair or mend
darnrepair by sewing
fillplug with a substance
heel, reheelput a new heel on
patch, patch upmend by putting a patch on
piece, patchrepair by adding pieces
point, repointrepair the joints of bricks
sole, resoleput a new sole on
tinker, fiddletry to fix or mend
trouble-shoot, troubleshootsolve problems
vamp, revampProvide (a shoe) with a new vamp
Broaderbetter, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorateTo make better
Oppositebreak, bustruin completely
Spanisharreglar, atender, componer, recomponer, reparar, restaurar, restituir
Catalanadobar, apariar, arreglar, atendre, reparar, restituir

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