bus
/bʌs/ noun A1- A motor vehicle for transporting large numbers of people along roads. · I'm on the bus.· I can't read on the bus because I get sick.
- 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.
- Part of a MIRV missile, having on-board motors used to deliver the warhead to a target.
- An ambulance.
- An aeroplane.
- A network topology with each computer connected to a single cable.
Plural buses
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I came round as quickly as the Bayswater bus would bring me.
“She explains that by the difference between a ‘bus and a hansom.”
I woke up early, but the bus was late, so I arrived at exactly nine o'clock.
I'll take the 7:30 bus, because if I miss it, I'll be late.
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