median strip

noun

: a paved or planted strip dividing a highway into lanes according to direction of travel

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That plan also calls for bus lanes that run next to the street's median strip to reduce conflicts with cars. — Tom Daykin, jsonline.com, 7 Oct. 2025 That stretch now has four lanes for cars, two parking lanes, two unprotected bike lanes and a median strip. — Tom Daykin, Journal Sentinel, 14 Nov. 2024 Plans call for turning the median strips into cul-de-sacs, and that’s a start at easing the crossing. — Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 27 Mar. 2026 Another video from a different tester showed the Cybertruck heading toward a median strip. — Brooke Crothers, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024 See All Example Sentences for median strip

Word History

First Known Use

1939, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of median strip was in 1939

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median segment
median strip
mediant
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“Median strip.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/median%20strip. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.

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