median strip

noun

: a paved or planted strip dividing a highway into lanes according to direction of travel

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Norma and David had converted the median strip beyond their sidewalk into a native-plant repository—Christmas fern, aster, monarda, bergamot. Lauren Groff, The New Yorker, 8 Dec. 2024 Hardesty said motorists may not understand that traffic traveling in both directions is required to stop when a school bus is displaying a stop arm, unless the highway is divided by a physical barrier, such as a median strip. Thomas Goodwin Smith, Baltimore Sun, 18 Nov. 2024 That stretch now has four lanes for cars, two parking lanes, two unprotected bike lanes and a median strip. Tom Daykin, Journal Sentinel, 14 Nov. 2024 Another video from a different tester showed the Cybertruck heading toward a median strip. Brooke Crothers, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for median strip 

Word History

First Known Use

1939, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of median strip was in 1939

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“Median strip.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/median%20strip. Accessed 15 Dec. 2024.

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