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hard shoulders

hard shoulders is the plural of hard shoulder.

Meaning of hard shoulder

Noun

hard shoulder (plural hard shoulders)

  1. A verge to the side of a highway, which should be used only in case of an emergency (especially on a motorway)
    • As he neared a bridge over the East Coast Main Line near Great Heck, he lost control. His Land Rover left the carriageway and veered onto the hard shoulder before biting into the grass verge.2021 February 24, Greg Morse, “Great Heck: a tragic chain of events”, in RAIL, number 925, page 38
    Synonyms:
    breakdown lane

Questions about hard shoulders

What is hard shoulders the plural of?
Hard shoulders is the plural of hard shoulder.

Words near hard shoulders in the dictionary

  1. hard sell
  2. hard sells
  3. hard seltzer
  4. hard seltzers
  5. hard shoulder
  6. hard shoulders
  7. hard sign
  8. hard signs
  9. hard skill
  10. hard skilled
  11. hard skilling

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