"hard shoulder" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-hard shoulder.wav Forms: hard shoulders [plural]
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  1. A verge to the side of a highway, which should be used only in case of an emergency (especially on a motorway) Categories (topical): Roads Synonyms: breakdown lane Related terms: soft shoulder Translations (verge to the side of a highway): vorera d'emergència [feminine] (Catalan), 硬路肩 (yìnglùjiān) (Chinese Mandarin), vluchtstrook [feminine] (Dutch), pechstrook [feminine] (Dutch), päällystetty piennar (Finnish), piennar (Finnish), bande d’arrêt d’urgence [feminine] (French), accotement stabilisé [Quebec, masculine] (French), Standstreifen [masculine] (German), ΛΕΑ (LEA) [feminine] (Greek), leállósáv (Hungarian), corsia di emergenza [feminine] (Italian), принудна лента (prinudna lenta) [feminine] (Macedonian), pas awaryjny [masculine] (Polish), bandă de urgență (Romanian), acotamiento [masculine] (Spanish), arcén [masculine] (Spanish), banquina [feminine] (Spanish), berma [Chile, Colombia, feminine] (Spanish), espaldón [Costa-Rica, masculine] (Spanish), hombrillo [masculine] (Spanish), hombro [masculine] (Spanish), paseo [Dominican-Republic, Puerto-Rico, masculine] (Spanish), camellón [masculine] (Spanish), смуга руху для аварійної зупинки (smuha ruxu dlja avarijnoji zupynky) [feminine] (Ukrainian), аварійна смуга (avarijna smuha) [feminine] (Ukrainian)

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      "roman": "avarijna smuha",
      "sense": "verge to the side of a highway",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "аварійна смуга"
    }
  ],
  "word": "hard shoulder"
}

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