Main Entry: ¹bus

Pronunciation: \ˈbəs\

Function: noun

Inflected Form(s): plural bus·es also bus·ses

Usage: often attributive

Etymology: short for omnibus

Date: circa 1909

1 a : a large motor vehicle designed to carry passengers usually along a fixed route according to a schedule b : automobile
2 : a small hand truck
3 a : bus bar b : a set of parallel conductors in a computer system that forms a main transmission path
4 : a spacecraft or missile that carries one or more detachable devices (as warheads)