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ZEBRA CROSSING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Street crossing where pedestrians have right of way; often marked in some way (especially with diagonal stripes)
Synonyms:
pedestrian crossing; zebra crossing
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
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)
