bus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /bʌs/
enpr: bŭs
ipa: /bʊs/
ipa: /bʌs/
ipa: /bɐs/
note: Northern Cities Vowel Shift, Ireland
ipa: /bɔs/
note: Birmingham, Black Country
ipa: /bʊz/
homophone: Buss
homophone: buss
rhymes: -ʌs
Forms: form: buses
form: busses
form: 'bus
Etymology: Clipping of omnibus. Superseded earlier 'bus, where the apostrophe indicated a clipping. The shift in spelling likely reflects the fact that modern speakers no longer perceive this term as a clipping. The electrical sense is derived from figurative application of the automotive sense.
Senses: topics: automotive
transport
vehicles
synonyms: autobus
coach
loser cruiser
motorbus
motorcoach
omnibus
Shillibeer
glosses: A motor vehicle for transporting large numbers of people along roads.
topics: automotive
transport
vehicles
synonyms: autobus
coach
loser cruiser
motorbus
motorcoach
omnibus
Shillibeer
glosses: A motor vehicle for transporting large numbers of people along roads.
A coach, a bus used for long travels.
synonyms: busbar
digit trunk
electrical bus
glosses: An electrical conductor or interface serving as a common connection for two or more circuits or components.
glosses: Part of a MIRV missile, having on-board motors used to deliver the warhead to a target.
qualifier: medical industry
glosses: An ambulance.
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: An aeroplane.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
networking
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A network topology with each computer connected to a single cable.
Derived terms: word: address bus
word: airbus
word: Airbus
word: and then everyone on the bus clapped
word: articulated bus
word: baht bus
word: banana bus
word: bangbus
word: battle bus
word: battlebus
word: bendy bus
word: bookbus
word: Boris bus
word: busable
word: busbar
word: bus bar
word: bus boy
word: bus bridge
word: bus buddy
word: bus bulb
word: bus captain
word: bus conductor
word: bus conductress
word: bus driver
word: bus duct
word: bus factor
word: bus fare
word: busful
word: bus girl
word: busgirl
word: bus-holder
word: busjacking
word: bus-keeper
word: bus lane
word: busless
word: buslike
word: busload
word: busman
word: bus mastering
word: busmate
word: bus mile
word: bus ministry
word: bus pass
word: bus plunge
word: bus rapid transit
word: bus replacement service
word: bus route
word: bus shelter
word: bussick
word: bus stand
word: bus station
word: bus stop
word: bus stop chicane
word: bus-stop flight
word: bussy
word: bustaurant
word: bus test
word: bustitute
word: bustitution
word: bus topology
word: bus trap
word: bus war
word: busway
word: catch the bus
word: cheese bus
word: chicken bus
word: city bus
word: citybus
word: commuter bus
word: control bus
word: corporation bus
word: data bus
word: double-decker bus
word: drive the porcelain bus
word: e-bus
word: electric bus
word: enterprise service bus
word: face like the back end of a bus
word: frontside bus
word: front-side bus
word: gyrobus
word: helibus
word: horse bus
word: how do I get to the bus station
word: kneeling bus
word: like the back end of a bus
word: metrobus
word: microbus
word: minibus
word: miss the bus
word: multibus
word: national school bus chrome
word: on the other bus
word: open-top bus
word: owl bus
word: park the beef bus in tuna town
word: park the bus
word: party bus
word: pedibus
word: playbus
word: porcelain bus
word: public utility bus
word: railbus
word: ride the short bus
word: satellite bus
word: school bus
word: school bus yellow
word: shuttle bus
word: sleeper bus
word: spacecraft bus
word: splitter bus
word: stage bus
word: straddling bus
word: struggle bus
word: superbus
word: system bus
word: taxibus
word: telebus
word: the wheels came off the bus
word: the wheels fell off the bus
word: throw under a bus
word: throw under the bus
word: tour bus
word: transit bus
word: trolleybus
word: trolley bus
word: walking bus
word: walking school bus
word: waterbus
word: water bus
word: where does this bus go