school bus

noun

: a vehicle used for transporting children to or from school or on activities connected with school

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Video shared online shows the yellow school bus fully engulfed in flames in a residential area and spewing black smoke into the sky. Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 1 Mar. 2025 Raised in New Orleans during the Jim Crow era, Alden McDonald is the son of a waiter, and his mother was an unofficial neighborhood school bus driver who often transported children to school in the family’s red Chevrolet van. Jabari Young, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2025 The yellow school bus appears to be tipped to the side as fire engulfs almost the entire vehicle and billows of dark smoke pour from its shattered windows. Kerry Breen, CBS News, 27 Feb. 2025 Just before the storm, his kayak inventory had grown tenfold and the vehicle fleet was upgraded to a full-size school bus and a couple of 15-passenger vans. Briah Lumpkins, Charlotte Observer, 19 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for school bus

Word History

First Known Use

1908, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of school bus was in 1908

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“School bus.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/school%20bus. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.

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school bus

noun
: a vehicle for transporting children to and from school

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