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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 pedestrians
Familiarity information: SAFETY ISLE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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