"crash barrier" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: crash barriers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} crash barrier (plural crash barriers)
  1. (chiefly British) A strengthened barrier installed on the sides of a (usually major) road to keep vehicles on the carriageway and reduce the risk and/or impact of crashes. Wikipedia link: crash barrier Tags: British Categories (topical): Walls and fences Synonyms: guardrail [Canada, US], traffic barrier Related terms: catch fence Translations (barrier on the side of a road): autoværn [neuter] (Danish), vangrail [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), bilverja [feminine] (Faroese), vegstokkur [masculine] (Faroese), reunakaide (Finnish), suojakaide (Finnish), turvakaide (Finnish), keskikaide (english: one preventing head-on collisions) (Finnish), glissière de sécurité [feminine] (French), rail de sécurité [masculine] (French), barrière de sécurité [feminine] (French), Leitplanke [feminine] (German), Schutzplanke [feminine] (German), Leitschiene [Austria, feminine] (German), guardrail [masculine] (Italian), barriera di protezione [feminine] (Italian), barriera protettiva [feminine] (Italian), barriera di sicurezza [feminine] (Italian), barriera stradale [feminine] (Italian), barriera di contenimento [feminine] (Italian), guardavia [feminine, masculine, rare] (Italian), sicurvia [feminine, masculine, rare] (Italian), guardastrada [feminine, masculine, rare] (Italian), guidovia [Switzerland, feminine, masculine, rare] (Italian), bariera energochłonna [feminine] (Polish), guardarraíl [masculine] (Spanish), quitamiedos [masculine] (Spanish), quitavidas (peyorative) [masculine] (Spanish), bionda [feminine] (Spanish), guardavía [masculine, rare] (Spanish), vägräcke [common-gender] (Swedish)

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