woonerf
woonerf noun: a street in which pedestrians and cyclists have priority over motorists.
Noun
woonerf (plural woonerfs or woonerven)
- A street in which pedestrians and cyclists have priority over motorists.
- Other problems cited by Poulton include overall circulation problems, parking problems for service vans, and the difficulty strangers have finding their way around a woonerf.1992, Stephen Carr, Public Space, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 142
- He and his staff looked worldwide — to Trafalgar Square in London, to the Spanish Steps in Rome — and found that the designs best suited to the intersections were the Netherlands’ curbless woonerfs, which make no differentiation between street and sidewalk.2007 July 29, Gregory Beyer, “Where Street, Sidewalk and Sanity Intersect”, in New York Times
- Synonyms:
- living street, home zone, complete street, shared zone
Synonyms of woonerf
- living street
- home zone
- complete street
- shared zone
Forms of woonerf
| plural | woonerfs |
|---|---|
| plural | woonerven |
Origin of woonerf
Borrowed from Dutch woonerf (“living street”).
Questions about woonerf
- What does woonerf mean?
- Woonerf means a street in which pedestrians and cyclists have priority over motorists.
- What part of speech is woonerf?
- Woonerf is a noun.
- What is the plural of woonerf?
- The plural of woonerf is woonerfs.
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