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ZEBRA CROSSING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does zebra crossing mean? 

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)play

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


 Dictionary entry details 


ZEBRA CROSSING (noun)


Sense 1

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)

Domain region:

Britain (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)


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