"bushel measure" meaning in All languages combined

See bushel measure on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: bushel measures [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} bushel measure (plural bushel measures)
  1. A container that contains exactly one bushel (four pecks), used as a measuring device for commodities sold by the bushel.
    Sense id: en-bushel_measure-en-noun-0hnXyRcT Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1916, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Coinage, Weights, and Measures, Establishment of Standard Weights for Various Commodities, page 46:",
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          "ref": "1918, United States. National Bureau of Standards, Legal Weights (in Pounds) Per Bushel of Various Commodities, page 5:",
          "text": "This calculation is based on a cone of the same height heaped upon the same bushel measure described above, but the cone is considered in this case to be heaped upon the area of the open top of the measure instead of the top including the sides, the diameter thus being 18 1⁄2 instead of 19 1⁄2 inches.",
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