- [countable] a unit for measuring grain and fruit (equal in volume to 8 gallons)
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- bushels[plural] bushel (of something) (North American English, informal) a large amount of something
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French boissel, perhaps of Gaulish origin.
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See bushel in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionaryhide your light under a bushel
- to not let people know that you are good at something
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