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2.
[syn: bus, autobus, coach, charabanc, double-decker, jitney, motorbus, motorcoach, omnibus, passenger vehicle]
ADJECTIVE (1)
1. providing for many things at once;
- Example: "an omnibus law"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Omnibus \Om"ni*bus\, n. [L., for all, dat. pl. from omnis all.
Cf. Bus.]
1. A long vehicle, having seats for many people; a bus.
[1913 Webster]
Note: In the 1913 Webster the term omnibus was especially
applied to, a vehicle with seats running lengthwise,
used in conveying passengers short distances.
[PJC]
2. (Glass Making) A sheet-iron cover for articles in a leer
or annealing arch, to protect them from drafts.
[1913 Webster]
3. (Printing) A volume containing collected and reprinted
works of a single author or on a single theme.
[PJC]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
omnibus \om"ni*bus\, a.
Pertaining to or dealing with a variety of topics at one
time; as, omnibus legislation; an omnibus budget bill.
[PJC]
Omnibus bill, a legislative bill which provides for a
number of miscellaneous enactments or appropriations.
[Parliamentary Cant, U.S.]
Omnibus box, a large box in a theater, on a level with the
stage and having communication with it. [Eng.]
--Thackeray.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
omnibus
adj 1: providing for many things at once; "an omnibus law"
n 1: an anthology of articles on a related subject or an
anthology of the works of a single author
2: a vehicle carrying many passengers; used for public
transport; "he always rode the bus to work" [syn: bus,
autobus, coach, charabanc, double-decker, jitney,
motorbus, motorcoach, omnibus, passenger vehicle]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
111 Moby Thesaurus words for "omnibus":
Festschrift, absolute, across-the-board, aggregate, album, all,
all-comprehensive, all-embracing, all-encompassing, all-inclusive,
all-out, all-pervading, ana, analects, anthology, autobus,
beauties, blanket, born, broad-based, bus, cab, canon,
chartered bus, chrestomathy, clean, clear, collectanea,
collected works, collection, compendious, compilation, complete,
complete works, comprehensive, congenital, consummate, deep-dyed,
delectus, diligence, double-decker, downright, dyed-in-the-wool,
egregious, encyclopedic, entire, exhaustive, florilegium, flowers,
garden, garland, global, gross, hack, hired car, holistic,
inclusive, integral, integrated, intensive, jitney, mail coach,
miscellanea, miscellany, motor coach, motorbus, omnipresent, one,
one and indivisible, out-and-out, outright, over-all, panoramic,
perfect, pervasive, photograph album, plain, plumb, post coach,
posy, pure, quotation book, radical, regular, scrapbook, sheer,
stage, stagecoach, straight, sweeping, symposium, synoptic, taxi,
taxicab, thorough, thoroughgoing, through-and-through, total,
ubiquitous, unconditional, universal, unmitigated, unqualified,
unreserved, unrestricted, utter, veritable, whole, wholesale,
without exception, without omission