Minibus
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈmɪ.ni.bəs/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Minibus is a noun meaning A small bus, especially one used as transport for small groups.
Meaning
A small bus, especially one used as transport for small groups.
More Meanings
- (South Africa) A sixteen-seater vehicle used as a taxi.
- (US politics) A combined spending bill for multiple departments that is smaller than an omnibus bill.
- (historical) A small four-wheeled carriage.
Example Sentences
The minibus is the first of two funding packages the House hopes to pass this month.
Police are still searching for the gunmen who hijacked the minibus carrying school pupils taking two of the children with them.
Just south of Durness, at Keoldale, is a passenger-ferry across the Kyle of Durness. It links up during the summer months with a minibus service to the lonely Cape Wrath lighthouse, built of granite in 1827 on a headland 400 ft above the sea.
Word Forms
- minibuses
- minibusses
Synonyms for minibus
Depending on context, synonyms include jitney, kombi.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include bus, minivan, van, mini, midibus, motor coach.
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