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bus stop

bus stop noun: a place where public transport buses stop to allow passengers to board or leave. Also the ellipsis of bus stop chicane.

bus stop: a place where public transport buses stop to allow passengers to board or leave
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Noun

bus stop (plural bus stops)

  1. A place where public transport buses stop to allow passengers to board or leave.
    • He was waiting at the bus stop with her.
    • "The streets are packed now," said a man named Pinky, as we sat talking on a busstop bench.1984 December 15, Scott Brookie, “Closing the Baths: Where Will It End?”, in Gay Community News, volume 12, number 22, page 3
  2. The tableau used in short division, taught as if it were a bus stop with the digits treated as people queueing.
  3. (informal) "⟌": The two-lined right-angled symbol used to separate quotient, divisor and dividend in long division and short division
  4. (preceded by "the") A disco dance popular in the 1970s and 1980s.

Also used as

bus stop is also the ellipsis of bus stop chicane.

bus stop meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali

bus stop in Hindi

a stop for public transport buses
बस स्टॉप bas sṭŏp

bus stop in Tamil

a stop for public transport buses
பேருந்து நிறுத்தம் pēruntu niṟuttam

bus stop in Urdu

a stop for public transport buses
بَس اِسْٹاپ bas isṭāp

bus stop in Bengali

a stop for public transport buses
বাসবিরতি basbiroti, বাস স্টপ baś sṭop
More languagesFewer languages
bus stop in Punjabi
لاری اَڈَّہ lārī aḍḍah
bus stop in Pashto
د بس تمځای də bas tamźāy, د بس اډه də bas aḍá
bus stop in Tagalog
hintuan ng bus, himpilan ng bus
bus stop in Arabic
مَوْقِف لِلْحَافِلَات mawqif li-l-ḥāfilāt, مَوْقِف بَاص mawqif bāṣ, مَحَطَّة بَاص maḥaṭṭat bāṣ, مَحَطَّة حَافِلَات maḥaṭṭat ḥāfilāt
bus stop in Malay
perhentian bas
bus stop in Indonesian
halte bus
bus stop in Thai
ป้ายรถเมล์ bpâai-rót-mee
bus stop in Vietnamese
trạm xe buýt
bus stop in Myanmar
ကားမှတ်တိုင် ka:hmattuing

Synonyms of bus stop

  • ⟌
  • long division symbol
  • short division symbol
  • long division box
  • short division box

Forms of bus stop

pluralbus stops
alternative formbusstop

Words formed from bus stop

Questions about bus stop

What does bus stop mean?
Bus stop means a place where public transport buses stop to allow passengers to board or leave.
What is bus stop in Hindi?
Bus stop in Hindi is बस स्टॉप (bas sṭŏp). See Bus stop meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is bus stop?
Bus stop is a noun.
What is the plural of bus stop?
The plural of bus stop is bus stops.

Words near bus stop in the dictionary

  1. bus shelters
  2. bus stand
  3. bus stands
  4. bus station
  5. bus stations
  6. bus stop
  7. bus stop chicane
  8. bus stop chicanes
  9. bus stops
  10. bus test
  11. bus topologies

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