Meanings
nounmedian strip (plural median strips)
plural median strips
- USA strip of land between opposing lanes of a road.
(US)
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(UK)
Synonyms: median, neutral ground, central reservation, reservation
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA strip of land between opposing lanes of a road.
Translations
Bulgarian разделителна лента
- разделителна лента (razdelitelna lenta)area which separates opposing lanes of traffic
Catalan mitjana
- mitjanaarea which separates opposing lanes of traffic
Dutch middenberm
- middenbermarea which separates opposing lanes of traffic
Finnish keskisarka
- keskisarkaarea which separates opposing lanes of traffic
French terre-plein central
- terre-plein centralarea which separates opposing lanes of traffic
German Trennstreifen
- Trennstreifenarea which separates opposing lanes of traffic
Greek διαχωριστικό, διαχωριστική νησίδα
- διαχωριστικό (diachoristikó)area which separates opposing lanes of traffic
- διαχωριστική νησίδα (diachoristikí nisída)area which separates opposing lanes of traffic
Hungarian elválasztó sáv
- elválasztó sávarea which separates opposing lanes of traffic
Irish lárthearmann
- lárthearmannarea which separates opposing lanes of traffic
Italian spartitraffico
- spartitrafficoarea which separates opposing lanes of traffic
Polish pas zieleni
- pas zieleniarea which separates opposing lanes of traffic
Portuguese canteiro central, separador
- canteiro centralarea which separates opposing lanes of traffic
- separadorarea which separates opposing lanes of traffic
- separador centralarea which separates opposing lanes of traffic
Russian раздели́тельная полоса́
- раздели́тельная полоса́ (razdelítelʹnaja polosá)area which separates opposing lanes of traffic
Spanish mediana, camellón
- medianaarea which separates opposing lanes of traffic
- camellónarea which separates opposing lanes of traffic
Swedish mittremsa
- mittremsaarea which separates opposing lanes of traffic
Thai เกาะกลางถนน
- เกาะกลางถนนarea which separates opposing lanes of traffic
Turkish refüj
- refüjarea which separates opposing lanes of traffic
Vietnamese dải phân cách, con lươn
- dải phân cácharea which separates opposing lanes of traffic
- con lươnarea which separates opposing lanes of traffic
Cite this entry
APA
median strip. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/median%20strip
MLA
“median strip.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/median%20strip. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “median strip,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/median%20strip.
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