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Raised area in road
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traffic island
Word definitions for traffic island in dictionaries
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. an island area in a roadway from which traffic is excluded; provides safe area for pedestrians [syn: safety island , safety isle , safety zone ]
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
A traffic island is a solid or painted object in a road that channelises traffic. It can also be a narrow strip of island between roads that intersect at an acute angle . If the island uses road markings only, without raised kerbs or other physical obstructions, ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ At second traffic island following sign to Beaumaris. ▪ I guided him to the traffic island in the middle. ▪ No one ever walks round a traffic island . ▪ Somehow his Volkswagen had climbed up on to a traffic island . ▪ The tramway ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. A raised area in a roadway or traffic circle, bordered by curbs, used to control traffic.
Usage examples of traffic island.
You can always tell a Midwestern couple in Europe because they will be standing on a traffic island in the middle of a busy intersection looking at a windblown map and arguing over which way is west.
Not that Milligan recognized Trevor Jordan, but seeing the squad car, the senior policemen, and three civilians all grouped on the traffic island - and all staring at him - he did know that he'd been made.
There's supposed to be a stone marking the purported spot on the traffic island there.
I crossed to the traffic island and paused a moment, watching her.
He turned down Central Park West and raced to Sixty-fifth Street, then turned into the park, driving across a traffic island to break into the traffic.