noun
a vehicle carrying many passengers; used for public transport
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he always rode the bus to work
• Syn:
↑bus, ↑coach, ↑charabanc, ↑double-decker, ↑jitney, ↑motorbus, ↑motorcoach, ↑omnibus, ↑passenger vehicle
• Hypernyms: ↑public transport
• Hyponyms: ↑minibus, ↑school bus, ↑trolleybus, ↑trolley coach, ↑trackless trolley
• Member Holonyms: ↑fleet
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\\“+ˌ ̷ ̷\ noun : omnibus 1
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/aw"teuh bus'/, n., pl. autobuses, autobusses.
bus1 (def. 1).
[1895-1900, Amer.; AUTO-2 + BUS]
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autobus /öˈtō-bus/
noun
A motor-bus
ORIGIN: ↑auto- (4)
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autobus, autocarsee auto-2.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.