Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

embus

/ɛmˈbʌs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
em-bus
IPA
/ɛmˈbʌs/
9
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

to put (troops) onto a bus

verb

to board or get on a bus

Etymology

From em- + bus. Coined following the mass requisition by the British Army of London buses as troop carriers in World War I.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

embusses (present, singular) embussing (participle, present) embussed (participle, past) embussed (past)

Antonyms

debus

Rhymes With

us plus thus bus discuss gus fuss drive the porcelain bus truss rus sus pus

Questions

How do you pronounce embus?
The recorded pronunciation is /ɛmˈbʌs/.
What does embus mean?
to put (troops) onto a bus
Where does embus come from?
From em- + bus. Coined following the mass requisition by the British Army of London buses as troop carriers in World War I.

How to pronounce embus

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