HARD SHOULDER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hard shoulder mean? 

• HARD SHOULDER (noun)
  The noun HARD SHOULDER has 1 sense:

1. a paved strip beside a motorway (for stopping in emergencies)

  Familiarity information: HARD SHOULDER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HARD SHOULDER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A paved strip beside a motorway (for stopping in emergencies)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("hard shoulder" is a kind of...):

berm; shoulder (a narrow edge of land (usually unpaved) along the side of a road)

Domain region:

Britain; 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; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)