1
: any of various units of dry capacity see Weights and Measures Table
2
: a container holding a bushel
3
: a large quantity
bushels of money
Examples of bushel in a Sentence
Noun
picked up a bushel of decorations at the after-Christmas sale
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ABC News, 20 May 2026
There was a bushel basket full of chapstick for these firemen.
—Kailey Schuyler, FOXNews.com, 19 May 2026
The key fertilizer urea is up 25% to 30%, with nitrogen and potassium fertilizer costs similarly elevated, just as farmers are receiving their lowest cost per bushel in 17 crop years.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 10 Apr. 2026
The former soccer star took to her Instagram Stories to share even more pictures, including her family of five posing by a bushel of flowers.
—Christina Perrier, InStyle, 6 Apr. 2026
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Noun
Williams saw close to 100 bushels of wheat per acre irrigated last year, but this year might only have 30 to 40.
—ABC News, 20 May 2026
There was a bushel basket full of chapstick for these firemen.
—Kailey Schuyler, FOXNews.com, 19 May 2026
The key fertilizer urea is up 25% to 30%, with nitrogen and potassium fertilizer costs similarly elevated, just as farmers are receiving their lowest cost per bushel in 17 crop years.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 10 Apr. 2026
The former soccer star took to her Instagram Stories to share even more pictures, including her family of five posing by a bushel of flowers.
—Christina Perrier, InStyle, 6 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for bushel
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“Bushel.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bushel. Accessed 29 May. 2026.
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