English Explanatory Dictionary

bus stop

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A place where public transport buses stop to allow passengers to board or leave.
  2. The tableau used in short division, taught as if it were a bus stop with the digits treated as people queueing.
  3. "⟌": The two-lined right-angled symbol used to separate quotient, divisor and dividend in long division and short division
  4. A disco dance popular in the 1970s and 1980s.
  5. Ellipsis of bus stop chicane.

Pronunciation

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Word forms

bus stop bus stops busstop

Synonyms

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

Derived words

bus stop chicane bus-stop flight
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