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double yellow line

double yellow line noun: a pair of yellow lines painted at the side of a road to show that parking is not permitted at any time.

Noun

double yellow line (plural double yellow lines)

  1. (UK) A pair of yellow lines painted at the side of a road to show that parking is not permitted at any time.
    • The person who parked their car on the double yellow line may be a doctor who has been called urgently to the house of a critically ill patient ...1995, Nina Fletcher, Janet Holt, Ethics, law, and nursing
    • I'm sorry, you were parking on a double yellow line, you've got a ticket.1998, Ruth Gairns, Stuart Redman, True to life: English for adult learners.
  2. A pair of yellow lines painted along the middle of a road to show that traffic should not cross into the oncoming lane
    • The photo on pages 22 and 23 of your February issue shows the driver of a Chevy Beretta topping a hill and rounding a curve on the wrong side of a double yellow line.1987 May, Popular Science
    • Police officer: Well, for one thing, you went over a double yellow line back there to pass a car.1998, Jack C. Richards, Jonathan Hull, Susan Proctor, New interchange: English for international communication

Examples of double yellow line in a sentence

  • When he reached the street Claber and the girl were crossing the road to a Mercedes coupé, parked on a double yellow line.2001, Julian Symons, A Three-Pipe Problem:
  • Hutchison observed the Buick cross the double yellow line to pass a car at the bottom of a dip.2000, Bob Bondurant, Edwin J. Sanow, Bob Bondurant on police and pursuit driving:

Forms of double yellow line

pluraldouble yellow lines

Questions about double yellow line

What does double yellow line mean?
Double yellow line means a pair of yellow lines painted at the side of a road to show that parking is not permitted at any time.
How do you use double yellow line in a sentence?
When he reached the street Claber and the girl were crossing the road to a Mercedes coupé, parked on a double yellow line.
What part of speech is double yellow line?
Double yellow line is a noun.
What is the plural of double yellow line?
The plural of double yellow line is double yellow lines.

Words near double yellow line in the dictionary

  1. double whole
  2. double whole note
  3. double whole notes
  4. double wholes
  5. double X
  6. double yellow line
  7. double yellow lines
  8. double yellows
  9. double-
  10. double-A
  11. double-acting

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