bureaus
SayBYUU-rohzUS/ˈbjʊ.ɹoʊz/UK/ˈbjʊ.ɹəʊz/
- 1Plural of bureau.
The news agency closed three of its foreign bureaus last year.
She emptied both bureaus and packed the sweaters into boxes for the move.
Note
The furniture meaning splits by region. In American homes bureaus are chests of drawers for clothes; in British use they are writing desks with compartments above the work surface for papers. The office meanings carry no such split, covering government agencies and the foreign bureaus a news organization keeps abroad, so context usually settles which is meant.
bureaus is a form of bureau
bureau, noun: A government office or administrative unit, such as a department or agency. Full entry
- Spelling
- bureau → bureaus: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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