bus vs cab

bus

verb
  • To travel by bus. 

  • To transport students to school, often to a more distant school for the purposes of achieving racial integration. 

  • To clear meal remains from. 

  • To transport via a motor bus. 

  • To work at clearing the remains of meals from tables or counters; to work as a busboy. 

noun
  • An electrical conductor or interface serving as a common connection for two or more circuits or components. 

  • An ambulance. 

  • Part of a MIRV missile, having on-board motors used to deliver the warhead to a target. 

  • A motor vehicle for transporting large numbers of people along roads. 

cab

verb
  • To travel by taxicab. 

noun
  • Shelter at the top of an air traffic control tower or fire lookout tower. 

  • Any of several four-wheeled carriages; a cabriolet. 

  • Compartment at the front of a truck or train for the driver. 

  • Synonym of taxi 

  • An arcade cabinet, the unit in which a video game is housed in a gaming arcade. 

  • A former Hebrew unit of volume, about equal to 1.3 L as a dry measure or 1.25 L as a liquid measure. 

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