Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bus stop

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.75 in modern English

Syllables: bus stop
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A place where public transport buses stop to allow passengers to board or leave.

noun

The tableau used in short division, taught as if it were a bus stop with the digits treated as people queueing.

noun

"⟌": The two-lined right-angled symbol used to separate quotient, divisor and dividend in long division and short division

Informal

noun

A disco dance popular in the 1970s and 1980s.

noun

Ellipsis of bus stop chicane.

Example Sentences

"He was waiting at the bus stop with her."
""The streets are packed now," said a man named Pinky, as we sat talking on a busstop bench."
"2011, Rebecca Black featuring Patrice Wilson, Friday Gotta get down to the bus stop Gotta catch my bus, I see my friends"

Usage

Informal

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Places.

Inflected Forms

bus stops (plural) busstop (alternative)

Phrases

bus stop chicane bus-stop flight floating bus stop

Synonyms

⟌ long division symbol short division symbol long division box short division box

Questions

What does bus stop mean?: A place where public transport buses stop to allow passengers to board or leave.

How to pronounce bus stop

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