"rumble strip" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: rumble strips [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} rumble strip (plural rumble strips)
  1. A pattern of variation in a road's surface designed to alert inattentive drivers to potential danger by causing a tactile vibration and audible rumbling if they veer out of their lane. Wikipedia link: rumble strip Categories (topical): Roads Translations (pattern in a road's surface): vibreur [masculine] (French), Rüttelstreifen [masculine] (German), ランブルストリップス (ranbaru sutorippusu) (Japanese), banda rugosa [feminine] (Spanish), banda sonora [feminine] (Spanish), vibradores (Spanish)

Inflected forms

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