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      bus
      noun
      (automotive) A motor vehicle for transporting large numbers of people along roads.
      (chiefly US, Canada) A coach, a bus used for long travels.
      An electrical conductor or interface serving as a common connection for two or more circuits or components.
      (networking) A network topology with each computer connected to a single cable.
      (medical industry, slang) An ambulance.
      Part of a MIRV missile, having on-board motors used to deliver the warhead to a target.
      (military slang, 1910s–1940s) An aeroplane.
      verb
      (intransitive, automotive, transport) To travel by bus.
      (transitive, automotive, transport) To transport via a motor bus.
      (transitive, US, food service) To clear meal remains from.
      (intransitive, US, food service) To work at clearing the remains of meals from tables or counters; to work as a busboy.
      (transitive, automotive, transport, chiefly US) To transport students to school, often to a more distant school for the purposes of achieving racial integration.
      Roots
      omnibusbus- · Latin · for all
      Synonyms for bus
      motorbusnautobusnjitneynomnibusadjtaxinjalopyntaxicabncoachncabnferryn
      Words related to bus
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