Dictionary

bus shelter en · NOUN

Meanings

1. A building or other structure constructed at a bus stop, to provide seating and protection from the weather for the convenience of waiting passengers.
   • NR Chairman Sir Peter Hendy had made it clear that he didn't want anything that smacked of the bus shelters seen at many small, usually unstaffed stations. 2021 June 30, Anthony Lambert, “A railway station fit for the 21st century”, in RAIL, number 934, page 42:
   • I eventually got to a smelly bus shelter and perched cautiously on the bench inside. 2019, Candice Carty-Williams, Queenie, Trapeze, page 44:

Forms

Relateds

bus stop · bus terminal · bus garage · bus terminus · waiting shelter · bus station

Synonyms

BQS (South Asian English) · bus stop shelter · bus que shelter (South Asian English) · bus queue shelter (South Asian English)

Translations (34)

fo bussskýli (A building or other structure constructed at a bus stop) · vec tetoja (A building or other structure constructed at a bus stop) · tr otobüs durağı (A building or other structure constructed at a bus stop) · el στάση (A building or other structure constructed at a bus stop) · sv väntkur (A building or other structure constructed at a bus stop) · sv hållplatsskydd (A building or other structure constructed at a bus stop) · de Autobusobdach (A building or other structure constructed at a bus stop) · ga scáthlán bus (A building or other structure constructed at a bus stop) · nrf abri d'beusse (A building or other structure constructed at a bus stop) · de Wartehäuschen (A building or other structure constructed at a bus stop) · cy cysgodfan fysiau (A building or other structure constructed at a bus stop) · hu buszváró (A building or other structure constructed at a bus stop) · hu autóbuszváró (A building or other structure constructed at a bus stop) · nb buss-skur (A building or other structure constructed at a bus stop) · hu esőbeálló (A building or other structure constructed at a bus stop) · cmn 候車亭 /候车亭 (A building or other structure constructed at a bus stop) · es marquesina (A building or other structure constructed at a bus stop) · pl wiata autobusowa (A building or other structure constructed at a bus stop) · ca marquesina (A building or other structure constructed at a bus stop) · fr abribus (A building or other structure constructed at a bus stop) · sv väderskydd (A building or other structure constructed at a bus stop) · is strætisvagnaskýli (A building or other structure constructed at a bus stop) · tr durak (A building or other structure constructed at a bus stop) · sv busskur (A building or other structure constructed at a bus stop) · fi bussikatos (A building or other structure constructed at a bus stop) · ka ავტობუსის გადახურული გაჩერება (A building or other structure constructed at a bus stop) · nn busskur (A building or other structure constructed at a bus stop) · nn buss-skur (A building or other structure constructed at a bus stop) · hu bódé (A building or other structure constructed at a bus stop) · hu buszmegálló-épület (A building or other structure constructed at a bus stop) · nb busskur (A building or other structure constructed at a bus stop) · nl bushok (A building or other structure constructed at a bus stop) · fr aubette (A building or other structure constructed at a bus stop) · nl bushokje (A building or other structure constructed at a bus stop)