noun a large indefinite quantity.
2. bushel ·noun a dry measure, containing four pecks, eight gallons, or thirty-two quarts.
3. bushel ·noun a vessel of the capacity of a bushel, used in measuring; a bushel measure.
4. bushel ·noun a quantity that fills a bushel measure; as, a heap containing ten bushels of apples.
5. bushel ·add. ·vt & ·vi to mend or repair, as men's garments; to repair garments.
6. bushel ·noun the iron lining in the nave of a wheel. in the united states it is called a box. ·see 4th bush.