Plural of bushel
regular plural
The plural of bushel is bushels.
Forms of bushel
| Singular | bushel /ˈbʊʃəl/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | bushels |
| Countable | countable |
Less standard forms: bushel (dialectal).
Bushels in a sentence
- a heap containing ten bushels of apples
- There are ten loads, aggregating five hundred bushels.From the entry aggregate
- They’re long but not showy, with bushels of nickname options to welcome your personal touch.2019, Laura Wattenberg, “Margaret”, in The Baby Name Wizard: A Magical Method for Finding the Perfect Name for Your Baby, 4th edition…. From the entry megs
- It now takes only two million bushels a year to fill the demand.1956 January 8, “Breakfast? No Longer Buckwheaty”, in The Charlotte Observer, volume 87, number 274, Charlotte, N.C., page 2-C, column 1. From the entry buckwheaty
- A kor of wheat is equal to 6.25 bushels.2002, Don Victor Bovey, In Touch With Eternity, page 161. From the entry kor
Meaning of bushel
- noun A dry measure, containing four pecks, eight gallons, or thirty-two quarts; equivalent in volume to approximately 0.0364 cubic meters (imperial bushel) or 0.0352 cubic meters (U.S. bushel).
- noun A vessel of the capacity of a bushel, used in measuring; a bushel measure.
- noun A quantity that fills a bushel measure.
Questions about the plural of bushel
- What is the plural of bushel?
- The plural of bushel is bushels.
- Is bushel countable?
- Bushel is a countable noun.
- Is bushel correct?
- bushel is marked dialectal in Wiktionary. The usual plural of bushel is bushels.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: bushel (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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