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double yellow lines

double yellow lines is the plural of double yellow line.

Meaning of double yellow line

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
  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

Questions about double yellow lines

What is double yellow lines the plural of?
Double yellow lines is the plural of double yellow line.

Words near double yellow lines in the dictionary

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

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