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bus station
1. n. A major bus stop, one that serves as a transfer point between a large number of routes.
Analysis
bus
1. n. (automotive) A motor vehicle for transporting large numbers of people along roads.
2. n. An electrical conductor or interface serving as a common connection for two or more circuits or components.
3. n. (medical industry, slang) An ambulance.
4. v. (transitive, automotive, transport) To transport via a motor bus.
5. v. (transitive, automotive, transport, chiefly US) To transport students to school, often to a more distant school for the purposes of achieving racial integration.
station		©
1. n. (obsolete) The fact of standing still; motionlessness, stasis.
2. n. (astronomy) The apparent standing still of a superior planet just before it begins or ends its retrograde motion.
3. n. A stopping place.
4. n.          A regular stopping place for ground transportation.
The next station is Esperanza.

Example Sentences

The original design for the bus station showed a sturdy barrier dividing the bus lanes.

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