SCHOOL BUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does school bus mean? 

• SCHOOL BUS (noun)
  The noun SCHOOL BUS has 1 sense:

1. a bus used to transport children to or from school

  Familiarity information: SCHOOL BUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SCHOOL BUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A bus used to transport children to or from school

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("school bus" is a kind of...):

autobus; bus; charabanc; coach; double-decker; jitney; motorbus; motorcoach; omnibus; passenger vehicle (a vehicle carrying many passengers; used for public transport)

 Context examples 

The size of a school bus, the satellite is one of the largest pieces of 'junk' in orbit and could become a catastrophic hazard if struck by other space debris and broken into fragments.

(Australia Developing Lasers to Track, Destroy Space Junk, VOA)