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Word entry · 6 letters

bushel

Best crossword clue

"Large dry measure"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /ˈbʊʃəl/Part of speech verb, nounSorted behlsuStarts with BEnds with L1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

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

Word origin

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”).

Used in a sentence

  • The quarter, bushel, and peck are nearly universal measures of corn.
  • Forecasts are showing no sign of an end to the drought, with corn prices hitting a record high of $8.16 (£5.19) a bushel on Thursday, while soya beans hit a high of $17.17.
  • And he sayde unto them: is the candle lighted, to be put under a busshell, or under the borde: ys it not therfore lighted that it shulde be put on a candelsticke?

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