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MOTORCOACH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does motorcoach mean? 

MOTORCOACH (noun)
  The noun MOTORCOACH has 1 sense:

1. a vehicle carrying many passengers; used for public transportplay

  Familiarity information: MOTORCOACH used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


MOTORCOACH (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A vehicle carrying many passengers; used for public transport

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

autobus; bus; charabanc; coach; double-decker; jitney; motorbus; motorcoach; omnibus; passenger vehicle

Context example:

he always rode the bus to work

Hypernyms ("motorcoach" is a kind of...):

public transport (conveyance for passengers or mail or freight)

Meronyms (parts of "motorcoach"):

roof (protective covering on top of a motor vehicle)

window (a transparent opening in a vehicle that allow vision out of the sides or back; usually is capable of being opened)

Domain member category:

passenger; rider (a traveler riding in a vehicle (a boat or bus or car or plane or train etc) who is not operating it)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "motorcoach"):

minibus (a light bus (4 to 10 passengers))

school bus (a bus used to transport children to or from school)

trackless trolley; trolley coach; trolleybus (a passenger bus with an electric motor that draws power from overhead wires)

Holonyms ("motorcoach" is a member of...):

fleet (group of motor vehicles operating together under the same ownership)


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