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zebra crossings

zebra crossings is the plural of zebra crossing.

Meaning of zebra crossing

Noun

zebra crossing (plural zebra crossings)

  1. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK) A pedestrian crossing featuring broad white stripes painted parallel to the street.
    • 'Oh, that was easy,' says Man, and for an encore goes on to prove that black is white and gets himself killed on the next zebra crossing.1979 October 12, Douglas Adams, chapter 6, in The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, London: Pan Books, →ISBN, page 50

Questions about zebra crossings

What is zebra crossings the plural of?
Zebra crossings is the plural of zebra crossing.

Words near zebra crossings in the dictionary

  1. zebra caterpillars
  2. zebra chip
  3. zebra cichlid
  4. zebra cichlids
  5. zebra crossing
  6. zebra crossings
  7. zebra danio
  8. zebra danios
  9. zebra dove
  10. zebra doves
  11. zebra duiker

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