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zebra crossing

[ zee-bruh kraw-sing, kros-ing; British zeb-ruh ]

noun

British.
  1. a crosswalk marked with white stripes.


zebra crossing

noun

  1. a pedestrian crossing marked on a road by broad alternate black and white stripes. Once on the crossing the pedestrian has right of way
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of zebra crossing1

First recorded in 1950–55
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Example Sentences

The mural depicts the band's Abbey Road album cover, and is painted on the side of a Poundland store at Hereward Cross in the city centre, adjacent to a zebra crossing.

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"Even if they just turned the white leaves into zebra crossings, everybody knows what a zebra crossing is."

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Father Ben, 45, said a zebra crossing outside St Mark's had seen "two shootings and seven stabbings" in the months leading up to Dylan's death.

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Upgrade work has started at a zebra crossing in West Yorkshire which has become notorious for accidents.

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An eight-year-old boy has been taken to hospital after he was struck by a car on a zebra crossing notorious for accidents in Bradford.

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