English-German translations for bushel

• Scheffel der
  Wir brauchen unser Licht auch nicht unter den Scheffel zu stellen. We do not need to hide our light under a bushel.
  Die Europäische Union stellt ihr Licht ein bißchen unter den Scheffel. The European Union is hiding its light under a bushel to some extent.
  Wir brauchen unser Licht nicht immer unter den Scheffel zu stellen und müssen nicht immer nur an amerikanische Rundfunksender erinnern. We should not always hide our light under a bushel, and we should not always talk just about American broadcasters.

Definition of bushel

• A dry measure, containing four pecks, eight gallons, or thirty-two quarts
• A vessel of the capacity of a bushel, used in measuring; a bushel measure
• A quantity that fills a bushel measure
• A large indefinite quantity
• To mend or repair clothes

Examples

• a heap containing ten bushels of apples

Related words

• bushed
• sugarbushes
• ambusher
• ambushee
• Bushehr
• Bushey
• hide one's light under a bushel