"passing place" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: passing places [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} passing place (plural passing places)
  1. A place on a single-track road or bridge, only wide enough for one vehicle, where two vehicles travelling in opposite directions can pass each other. Categories (topical): Roads Translations (place where vehicles can pass each other): Ausweichstelle (German), møteplass [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), møteplass [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), mötesplats [common-gender] (Swedish)

Inflected forms

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