bushel measure
bushel measure noun: a container that contains exactly one bushel (four pecks), used as a measuring device for commodities sold by the bushel.
Noun
bushel measure (plural bushel measures)
- A container that contains exactly one bushel (four pecks), used as a measuring device for commodities sold by the bushel.
- By the Act of Queen Anne, a bushel measure should be chained to a post in the centre of every fruit market, and the clerk of the market bound to measure by it upon payment of 1 d.1836, Selection of Reports and Papers of the House of Commons, page 7
- For instance, you would find it impossible to get one-fourth of a bushel of parsnips into a peck measure. The bushel measure has, by custom, ceased to be a standard measurement.1916, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Coinage, Weights, and Measures, Establishment of Standard Weights for Various Commodities, page 46
Forms of bushel measure
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Questions about bushel measure
- What does bushel measure mean?
- Bushel measure means a container that contains exactly one bushel (four pecks), used as a measuring device for commodities sold by the bushel.
- What part of speech is bushel measure?
- Bushel measure is a noun.
- What is the plural of bushel measure?
- The plural of bushel measure is bushel measures.
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