Phrase guide

median strip

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A strip of land between opposing lanes of a road.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: US

Examples

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  • (UK)

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: median, neutral ground, central reservation, reservation

Antonyms: none provided

History

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Across languages

Translations

22 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: разделителна лента (razdelitelna lenta) — area which separates opposing lanes of traffic
  • Catalan: mitjana — area which separates opposing lanes of traffic
  • Dutch: middenberm — area which separates opposing lanes of traffic
  • Finnish: keskisarka — area which separates opposing lanes of traffic
  • French: terre-plein central — area which separates opposing lanes of traffic
  • German: Trennstreifen — area which separates opposing lanes of traffic
  • Greek: διαχωριστικό (diachoristikó) — area which separates opposing lanes of traffic
  • Greek: διαχωριστική νησίδα (diachoristikí nisída) — area which separates opposing lanes of traffic
  • Hungarian: elválasztó sáv — area which separates opposing lanes of traffic
  • Irish: lárthearmann — area which separates opposing lanes of traffic
  • Italian: spartitraffico — area which separates opposing lanes of traffic
  • Portuguese: canteiro central — area which separates opposing lanes of traffic
  • Portuguese: separador — area which separates opposing lanes of traffic
  • Portuguese: separador central — area which separates opposing lanes of traffic
  • Russian: раздели́тельная полоса́ (razdelítelʹnaja polosá) — area which separates opposing lanes of traffic
  • Spanish: mediana — area which separates opposing lanes of traffic
  • Spanish: camellón — area which separates opposing lanes of traffic
  • Swedish: mittremsa — area which separates opposing lanes of traffic
  • Thai: เกาะกลางถนน — area which separates opposing lanes of traffic
  • Turkish: refüj — area which separates opposing lanes of traffic
  • Vietnamese: dải phân cách — area which separates opposing lanes of traffic
  • Vietnamese: con lươn — area which separates opposing lanes of traffic