jersey barrier
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.03 in modern English
25
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A modular concrete or plastic barrier designed to create walls that separate lanes of traffic or to block traffic.
noun
A Jersey wall; a wall composed of Jersey barriers that separates lanes of traffic.
noun
Alternative form of Jersey barrier.
Example Sentences
- "One incident in May was a possible threat indicator when a Jersey barrier on the east perimeter was rammed by a slow-moving car."
- "His squad had entered the first room of the house and, as they were about to enter the second room, they were engaged by a couple insurgents who were hiding behind a concrete Jersey barrier they'd brought into the house."
- "At night this gap is closed off by a simple concrete Jersey barrier, and the pit is left to those outside the wire."
- "A Jersey barrier is highly effective at turning a vehicle back into its parallel lane of travel, but much less effective at dealing with a perpendicular force hit."
- "The same result was found when measuring the length of Jersey barrier or guardrail within the 800 m buffer in high- and low-kill UVC zones."
- "The paper also included a completed scene diagram, included a wrecked tractor and semi-trailer, damaged asphalt area, gouges, skip lines, and displaced Jersey barrier sections."