Bus

Quick meaning: Bus is a noun meaning (automotive) A motor vehicle for transporting large numbers of people along roads.

Meaning

(automotive) A motor vehicle for transporting large numbers of people along roads.

More Meanings

1. (UK, dated) Any motorized vehicle, such as a motorbike or car.
2. (electronics) An electrical conductor or interface serving as a common connection for two or more circuits or components.
3. Part of a MIRV missile, having on-board motors used to deliver the warhead to a target.
4. (medical industry, slang) An ambulance.
5. (military slang, 1910s–1940s) An aeroplane.
6. (networking) A network topology with each computer connected to a single cable.
7. (transitive, automotive, transport) To transport via a motor bus.

Example Sentences

I'm on the bus.

I can't read on the bus because I get sick.

But if you ask me to bus my children / I hope the cops take down your name

“Excuse me,” said the stranger, who turned out to be a youth in motorcycling kit, “but could you give me a hand with my bus?”

Word Forms

• buses
• busses
• buss
• busing
• bussing
• bused
• bussed

Synonyms for bus

Depending on context, synonyms include autobus, coach, motorbus, motorcoach, omnibus, busbar.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include omnibus, jitney, autobus, motorbus, double-decker, motorcoach.

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