Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bus shelter

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.15 in modern English

Syllables: bus shel-ter
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A building or other structure constructed at a bus stop, to provide seating and protection from the weather for the convenience of waiting passengers.

Example Sentences

"I eventually got to a smelly bus shelter and perched cautiously on the bench inside."
"NR Chairman Sir Peter Hendy had made it clear that he didn't want anything that smacked of the bus shelters seen at many small, usually unstaffed stations."

Inflected Forms

bus shelters (plural)

Phrases

bus garage bus station bus stop bus terminal bus terminus waiting shelter

Frequently Paired Words

bus garage bus station bus stop bus terminal bus terminus waiting shelter

Synonyms

bus que shelter bus queue shelter BQS bus stop shelter

Questions

What does bus shelter mean?: A building or other structure constructed at a bus stop, to provide seating and protection from the weather for the convenience of waiting passengers.

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