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bus

  • noun
  • bŭs

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

Example

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

Other meanings

  1. An electrical conductor or interface serving as a common connection for two or more circuits or components.

  2. Part of a MIRV missile, having on-board motors used to deliver the warhead to a target.

Synonyms

  • double-decker
  • passenger vehicle

A kind of

  • public transport

Kinds of bus

  • minibus
  • school bus

Example sentences

  • “I've never been on a double-decker bus.”

    Tatoeba · ddnktr · CC0

  • “A monkey ran out in front of our bus.”

    Tatoeba · shekitten · CC0

  • “The bus is packed.”

    Tatoeba · Miktsoanit · CC0

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “bus” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.