Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bus line

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.74 in modern English

Syllables: bus -line
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A specific route followed by public buses to transport passengers between designated stops.

noun

A bus company or service operating those buses along fixed paths.

Example Sentences

"Long before the street car system was installed here there was a bus line which ran from State street to "Mendsen's carriage factory" once an hour."
"As for the distance, he'd have to learn the bus lines, figure out where to transfer downtown."
"Irving's main lifeline these days is Metro's 70 Grand bus, which stops a couple of blocks from her rooming house in St. Louis. Easily the busiest bus line in the Metro transit system, buses rumble up and down Grand Boulevard every 10 minutes throughout much of the day. Even then, passengers are forced to stand in the aisle once they board."

Inflected Forms

bus lines (plural)

Questions

What does bus line mean?: A specific route followed by public buses to transport passengers between designated stops.

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