Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

central reservation

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.92 in modern English

Syllables: cen-tral reser-va-tion
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

18

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The area which separates opposing lanes of traffic on a motorway or dual carriageway.

British usage

Example Sentences

"The driver of one of the cars had come through the windscreen. He was lying on his back on the central reservation like the effigy on an old church tomb."
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Usage

British usage

Inflected Forms

central reservations (plural)

Synonyms

reservation median strip median neutral ground

Questions

What does central reservation mean?: The area which separates opposing lanes of traffic on a motorway or dual carriageway.

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