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'bus

'bus is the archaic spelling of bus.

Meaning of bus

Noun

bus (plural buses or busses)

  1. A motor vehicle for transporting large numbers of people along roads.
    • I'm on the bus.
    1. (Canada, US) A coach, a bus used for long travels.
  2. (UK, dated) Any motorized vehicle, such as a motorbike or car.
    • “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?”1927, Dorothy Sayers, Unnatural Death
  3. An electrical conductor or interface serving as a common connection for two or more circuits or components.
  4. Part of a MIRV missile, having on-board motors used to deliver the warhead to a target.
  5. (slang, medical industry) An ambulance.

See all 13 meanings of bus

Forms of 'bus

plural'busses
plural'buses

Questions about 'bus

What is 'bus the archaic spelling of?
'bus is the archaic spelling of bus.

Words near 'bus in the dictionary

  1. 'Brina
  2. 'Bucks
  3. 'buked
  4. 'burb
  5. 'burbs
  6. 'bus
  7. 'buses
  8. 'busses
  9. 'bye
  10. 'cause
  11. 'celli

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