motorbus
motorbus noun: a motorized bus or coach.
Noun
motorbus (plural motorbuses or motorbusses)
- A motorized bus or coach.
- “[…]a motor-’bus scorching round into the Square from the Haymarket was swept into the air, and shivered into fragments.” “Professor,” I exclaimed, “a motor-’bus!” “I know how impossible it must sound,” said Professor Henry Tellurin,[…]1912, Pearson’s Magazine, page 753
- In the afternoon the air became black with locusts, and some of the women shrieked, sinking to the floor of the motorbus and covering their hair with traveling rugs.1930 October 11, F. Scott Fitzgerald, “One Trip Abroad”, in The Saturday Evening Post
- Synonyms:
- autobus, bus, coach, loser cruiser, motorcoach, omnibus
Synonyms of motorbus
Forms of motorbus
| plural | motorbuses |
|---|---|
| plural | motorbusses |
| alternative form | motor bus |
Origin of motorbus
From motor + bus.
Questions about motorbus
- What does motorbus mean?
- Motorbus means a motorized bus or coach.
- What part of speech is motorbus?
- Motorbus is a noun.
- What is the plural of motorbus?
- The plural of motorbus is motorbuses.
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