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

Used in print

(John Harnsberger and Robert P. Wilkins,...)

With these completed and ice gone from the St._Peter's_River ( present-day Minnesota river ) their 250 bushels of wheat , 100 bushels of oats and barley and 30 bushels of peas and some chickens were loaded onto the flat-bottomed boats and rowed up the river to Big_Stone_Lake , across into Lake_Traverse , and down the Red .

With these completed and ice gone from the St._Peter's_River ( present-day Minnesota river ) their 250 bushels of wheat , 100 bushels of oats and barley and 30 bushels of peas and some chickens were loaded onto the flat-bottomed boats and rowed up the river to Big_Stone_Lake , across into Lake_Traverse , and down the Red .

With these completed and ice gone from the St._Peter's_River ( present-day Minnesota river ) their 250 bushels of wheat , 100 bushels of oats and barley and 30 bushels of peas and some chickens were loaded onto the flat-bottomed boats and rowed up the river to Big_Stone_Lake , across into Lake_Traverse , and down the Red .

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

Examples

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

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[ noun ] a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 4 pecks
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[ noun ] a basket large enough to hold a bushel

Synonyms

bushel_basket

Related terms

basket

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