Meanings
plural bus shelters
- A building or other structure constructed at a bus stop, to provide seating and protection from the weather for the convenience of waiting passengers.
I eventually got to a smelly bus shelter and perched cautiously on the bench inside.
2019, Candice Carty-Williams, Queenie, Trapeze, page 441 more example
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 42Synonyms: bus que shelter, bus queue shelter, BQS, bus stop shelter
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA building or other structure constructed at a bus stop, to provide seating and protection from the weather for the convenience of waiting passengers.
Translations
Catalan marquesina
- marquesinaA building or other structure constructed at a bus stop
Chinese Mandarin 候車亭 /候车亭
- 候車亭 /候车亭 (hòuchētīng)A building or other structure constructed at a bus stop
Dutch bushokje, bushok
- bushokjeA building or other structure constructed at a bus stop
- bushokA building or other structure constructed at a bus stop
Finnish bussikatos
- bussikatosA building or other structure constructed at a bus stop
French abribus, aubette
- abribusA building or other structure constructed at a bus stop
- aubetteA building or other structure constructed at a bus stop
German Wartehäuschen, Autobusobdach
- WartehäuschenA building or other structure constructed at a bus stop
- AutobusobdachA building or other structure constructed at a bus stop
Greek στάση
- στάση (stási)A building or other structure constructed at a bus stop
Hungarian buszváró, buszmegálló-épület
- buszváróA building or other structure constructed at a bus stop
- buszmegálló-épületA building or other structure constructed at a bus stop
- bódéA building or other structure constructed at a bus stop
- esőbeállóA building or other structure constructed at a bus stop
- autóbuszváróA building or other structure constructed at a bus stop
Icelandic strætisvagnaskýli
- strætisvagnaskýliA building or other structure constructed at a bus stop
Irish scáthlán bus
- scáthlán busA building or other structure constructed at a bus stop
Norwegian Bokmål busskur, buss-skur
- busskurA building or other structure constructed at a bus stop
- buss-skurA building or other structure constructed at a bus stop
Polish wiata autobusowa
- wiata autobusowaA building or other structure constructed at a bus stop
Spanish marquesina
- marquesinaA building or other structure constructed at a bus stop
Swedish busskur, väntkur
- busskurA building or other structure constructed at a bus stop
- väntkurA building or other structure constructed at a bus stop
- hållplatsskyddA building or other structure constructed at a bus stop
- väderskyddA building or other structure constructed at a bus stop
Turkish durak, otobüs durağı
- durakA building or other structure constructed at a bus stop
- otobüs durağıA building or other structure constructed at a bus stop
Welsh cysgodfan fysiau
- cysgodfan fysiauA building or other structure constructed at a bus stop
Cite this entry
bus shelter. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bus%20shelter
“bus shelter.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bus%20shelter. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bus shelter,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bus%20shelter.
Source: bus shelter on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.