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traffic island
noun
- a raised or marked-off area between lanes of a roadway, used by pedestrians to get out of the flow of traffic, as a place for traffic signals, for separating lanes, etc.
traffic island
noun
- a raised area in the middle of a road, designed as a guide for traffic and to provide a stopping place for pedestrians
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Word History and Origins
Origin of traffic island1
First recorded in 1935–40
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Example Sentences
Overgrown by weedy Australian tea trees, English ivy and such, the last known wild Franciscan manzanita grew on a traffic island shaped like a teardrop.
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The storm so worried one of the operation’s contractors that an employee spent the night on the traffic island to make sure a canopy covering the plant did not blow away.
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