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ZEBRA CROSSING

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• ZEBRA CROSSING (noun)
The noun ZEBRA CROSSING has 1 sense:

1. street crossing where pedestrians have right of way; often marked in some way especially with diagonal stripes

Familiarity information: ZEBRA CROSSING used as a noun is very rare.

• ZEBRA CROSSING (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Street crossing where pedestrians have right of way; often marked in some way especially with diagonal stripes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

pedestrian crossing; zebra crossing

Hypernyms ("zebra crossing" is a kind of...):

crossing; crossover; crosswalk (a path (often marked) where something (as a street or railroad) can be crossed to get from one side to the other)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "zebra crossing"):

pelican crossing (an acronym for pedestrian light control; a pedestrian crossing with traffic lights that are controlled by pedestrians)

school crossing (a pedestrian crossing where school children cross a street on the way to school)

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(Corsican proverb)

Useful links:
Definition of crossover
Pronunciation of pelican crossing
Definition of school crossing
Pronunciation of crosswalk
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