PELICAN CROSSING
Dictionary entry overview: What does pelican crossing mean? • PELICAN CROSSING (noun)
The noun PELICAN CROSSING has 1 sense:
1. an acronym for pedestrian light control; a pedestrian crossing with traffic lights that are controlled by pedestrians
Familiarity information: PELICAN CROSSING used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• PELICAN CROSSING (noun)
Meaning:
An acronym for pedestrian light control; a pedestrian crossing with traffic lights that are controlled by pedestrians
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("pelican crossing" is a kind of...):
pedestrian crossing; zebra crossing (street crossing where pedestrians have right of way; often marked in some way especially with diagonal stripes)
Domain region:
Britain; GB; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland)
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