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single yellow line

single yellow line noun: a single yellow line painted at the side of a road to show that parking is permitted only at specified times.

Noun

single yellow line (plural single yellow lines)

  1. (UK) A single yellow line painted at the side of a road to show that parking is permitted only at specified times.
    • She hugged the single yellow line, but she drove fast.1989, Melvin Dixon, Trouble the Water
    • He knew it would be risky parking on a double yellow line, or even a single yellow line, at this hour, but in a side street off the back of Kensington Church Street he found areas demarcated on the roadway with white lines.1999, Ruth Rendell, A Sight for Sore Eyes

Examples of single yellow line in a sentence

  • At half past eleven, Roy Grace parked his Alfa Romeo on a single yellow line outside the unlit shop window of a dealer specializing in retro twentieth-century furniture.2006, Peter James, Looking Good Dead:
  • The postman in question was parked on a single yellow line with parking-time restrictions.2007, Barrie Segal, The Parking Ticket Awards: Crazy Councils, Meter Madness and Traffic Warden Hell:

Forms of single yellow line

pluralsingle yellow lines

Questions about single yellow line

What does single yellow line mean?
Single yellow line means a single yellow line painted at the side of a road to show that parking is permitted only at specified times.
How do you use single yellow line in a sentence?
At half past eleven, Roy Grace parked his Alfa Romeo on a single yellow line outside the unlit shop window of a dealer specializing in retro twentieth-century furniture.
What part of speech is single yellow line?
Single yellow line is a noun.
What is the plural of single yellow line?
The plural of single yellow line is single yellow lines.

Words near single yellow line in the dictionary

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  3. single up
  4. single wicket
  5. single wicket cricket
  6. single yellow line
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  8. Single's Day
  9. single-acting
  10. single-action
  11. single-blind

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