"ghost bike" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: ghost bikes [plural]
Etymology: US origin, 2003. Head templates: {{en-noun}} ghost bike (plural ghost bikes)
  1. A bicycle painted white and set up as a roadside memorial to indicate where a cyclist was killed by traffic. Translations (Translations): vélo fantôme [masculine] (French), bici fantasma [feminine] (Italian), bicicleta fantasma [feminine] (Portuguese), bicicleta fantasma [feminine] (Spanish), bicicleta blanca [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-ghost_bike-en-noun-0AULZuA0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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