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SAFETY ISLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does safety isle mean? 

SAFETY ISLE (noun)
  The noun SAFETY ISLE has 1 sense:

1. a curbed area in a roadway from which traffic is excluded; provides safe area for pedestriansplay

  Familiarity information: SAFETY ISLE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SAFETY ISLE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A curbed area in a roadway from which traffic is excluded; provides safe area for pedestrians

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

safety island; safety isle; safety zone; traffic island

Hypernyms ("safety isle" is a kind of...):

island (a zone or area resembling an island)

Holonyms ("safety isle" is a part of...):

roadbed (a bed supporting a road)


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