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traffic calming

traffic calming noun: the deliberate slowing of traffic in residential areas by the installation of obstacles to progress.

Noun

traffic calming (uncountable)

  1. The deliberate slowing of traffic in residential areas by the installation of obstacles to progress

Questions about traffic calming

What does traffic calming mean?
Traffic calming means the deliberate slowing of traffic in residential areas by the installation of obstacles to progress.
What part of speech is traffic calming?
Traffic calming is a noun.

Words near traffic calming in the dictionary

  1. traffic beams
  2. traffic boy
  3. traffic boys
  4. traffic bump
  5. traffic bumps
  6. traffic calming
  7. traffic circle
  8. traffic circles
  9. traffic code
  10. traffic codes
  11. traffic cone

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