minibus means A small bus, especially one used as transport for small groups. Lexicurio rates it Distinctive — a strength score of 65 out of 100.
minibus is pronounced /ˈmɪ.ni.bəs/.
Etymology
From mini- + bus. In the political sense, probably a back-formation from omnibus.
noun
- A small bus, especially one used as transport for small groups.“Just south of Durness, at Keoldale, is a passenger-ferry across the Kyle of Durness. It links up during the summer months with a minibus service to the lonely Cape Wrath lighthouse, built of granite in 1827 on a headland 400 ft above the sea.”
- A sixteen-seater vehicle used as a taxi.“Police are still searching for the gunmen who hijacked the minibus carrying school pupils taking two of the children with them.”
- A small four-wheeled carriage.
- A combined spending bill for multiple departments that is smaller than an omnibus bill.“The minibus is the first of two funding packages the House hopes to pass this month.”