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noun
A modular concrete or plastic barrier designed to create walls that separate lanes of traffic or to block traffic.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A Jersey wall; a wall composed of Jersey barriers that separates lanes of traffic.
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noun
Alternative form of Jersey barrier.
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Usage: alt-of, alternative
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History
From New Jersey (the location where the most popular design of such barriers originated) + barrier.
