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school bus

/ˈskuːl.bʌs/

school bus noun: a bus which carries children to or from school.

school bus: a bus which carries children to or from school
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Noun

school bus (plural school buses or school busses)

  1. A bus which carries children to or from school.
    Synonyms:
    yellow bus
  2. (informal) An informal approximate unit of measure, from the length of a typical public school bus, approximately 30 feet or 9 metres.

school bus meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Sanskrit and Malay

school bus in Hindi

transport for schoolchildren
स्कूल बस skūl bas, विद्यालय बस vidyalay bas

school bus in Tamil

பள்ளிப்பேருந்து

school bus in Sanskrit

transport for schoolchildren
शालाबसयानम् śālābasayanam

school bus in Malay

transport for schoolchildren
bas sekolah
More languagesFewer languages
school bus in Indonesian
bus sekolah
school bus in Persian
اتوبوس مدرسه
Sindhi
اسڪول بس āskol bs

Synonyms of school bus

  • yellow bus

Forms of school bus

pluralschool buses
pluralschool busses
alternative formschoolbus
alternative formschool-bus

Origin of school bus

Compound of school + bus.

Questions about school bus

What does school bus mean?
School bus means a bus which carries children to or from school.
What is school bus in Hindi?
School bus in Hindi is स्कूल बस (skūl bas), विद्यालय बस (vidyalay bas). See School bus meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is school bus?
School bus is a noun.
How do you pronounce school bus?
School bus is pronounced /ˈskuːl.bʌs/.
What is the plural of school bus?
The plural of school bus is school buses.

Words near school bus in the dictionary

  1. school bands
  2. school board
  3. school boards
  4. school book
  5. school books
  6. school bus
  7. school bus yellow
  8. school buses
  9. school busses
  10. school cap
  11. school captain

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: school bus (page history and authors); school bus (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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