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Definition of central reservation in English: central reservationnoun British The strip of land between the carriageways of a motorway or other major road. North American term median Example sentencesExamples - Later, a van was blown into the central reservation on the trunk road's eastbound carriageway.
- His car which was in a 40 mph zone clipped the kerb, skidded over the central reservation onto the opposite carriageway and spun into the lamppost.
- On the M1, near junction 39, a wagon travelling north toppled over the central reservation into the southbound carriageway.
- She had started to walk across the dual carriageway towards the central reservation.
- A spokeswoman for Clacton police said the Clacton-bound lorry had got stuck in the central reservation of the road blocking both carriageways.
Definition of central reservation in US English: central reservationnoun British The strip of land between the lanes of opposing traffic on a divided highway; a median. Example sentencesExamples - On the M1, near junction 39, a wagon travelling north toppled over the central reservation into the southbound carriageway.
- She had started to walk across the dual carriageway towards the central reservation.
- Later, a van was blown into the central reservation on the trunk road's eastbound carriageway.
- His car which was in a 40 mph zone clipped the kerb, skidded over the central reservation onto the opposite carriageway and spun into the lamppost.
- A spokeswoman for Clacton police said the Clacton-bound lorry had got stuck in the central reservation of the road blocking both carriageways.
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