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soft-verge

soft-verge noun: an unsealed strip along the edge of a sealed road.

soft-verge: an unsealed strip along the edge of a sealed road
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Noun

soft-verge (plural soft-verges)

  1. (UK, motoring) An unsealed strip along the edge of a sealed road.
    • I wrestled with the wheel, snaked her out of the skid after spinning round and then - horror of horrors - a rear wheel struck a soft verge, the car overturned and there was I, semi-conscious but, as far as I can recall, in no acute pain.1957, Stirling Moss, In the Track of Speed, New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, page 82
    • Perhaps the idea was that I would drop Mum in London, then drive back with Helen, as we could pull into a secluded soft-verge off the M1...and...hold hands?1983, Bill Oddie, Gone Birding, London: Methuen, page 77

Forms of soft-verge

pluralsoft-verges

Questions about soft-verge

What does soft-verge mean?
Soft-verge means an unsealed strip along the edge of a sealed road.
What part of speech is soft-verge?
Soft-verge is a noun.
What is the plural of soft-verge?
The plural of soft-verge is soft-verges.

Words near soft-verge in the dictionary

  1. soft-spoken
  2. soft-sub
  3. soft-subbed
  4. soft-subbing
  5. soft-subs
  6. soft-verge
  7. soft-verges
  8. soft-water
  9. softa
  10. Softail
  11. Softails

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