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| aboard |
on or into a ship, plane, bus, or plane; on board. [1/2 definitions] |
| bookmobile |
a library located in a bus or van. A bookmobile travels from place to place to lend books. |
| bus1 |
to carry by bus. [2/3 definitions] |
| bus stop |
a place along a bus route where the bus will stop to let people get on or off the bus. |
| carfare |
the money that is paid for a ride in a taxi, bus, or subway. |
| carsick |
having a sick feeling while riding in a car, bus, or train. |
| charter |
a contract to hire a bus, airplane, or ship for the use of a group or a person. [1/4 definitions] |
| coach |
a bus used for traveling from one city to another. [1/6 definitions] |
| conductor |
the person on a train or bus who collects payment. [1/3 definitions] |
| depot |
a bus or train station. [1/2 definitions] |
| fare |
the price paid to ride on a bus, train, taxi, or airplane, or a passenger who pays this price. [1/2 definitions] |
| hail1 |
to call out or wave to in order to attract the attention of (a taxi, bus, or the like.) [1/4 definitions] |
| local |
a local vehicle of transport such as a bus. [1/5 definitions] |
| mass transit |
a system of public transportation that carries people from place to place within a city by bus and train. |
| passenger |
a person who is not driving, but travels in an automobile, bus, train, or other vehicle. |
| queue |
a line, usually of people, waiting for something. People often get into a queue to buy something or to enter something like a theater or a bus. |
| shuttle |
a bus, airplane, train, or spacecraft that travels the same route back and forth. [1/3 definitions] |
| simple sentence |
a sentence that has only one clause. "We waited for the bus early in the morning" is an example of a simple sentence. |
| stop |
a point where a bus or other public vehicle stops for passengers. [1/10 definitions] |
| transfer |
to change from one bus or train to another. [2/4 definitions] |
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