Meaning of nature strip | Babel Free

Definitions

An area of grass beside a roadway, possibly with a few trees or shrubs, lying between the roadway proper and the footpath, if there is one; a tree lawn.

Australia, regional

Examples

“Just look⟳ at these people, camping out there on her nature strip⟳. All on social welfare, no jobs, nothing better to do with their time than come⟳ here and harass her. No wonder⟳ the stock⟳ market was crashing and Arthur was looking worried ...”

“Between the service road and the highway was a densely foliaged nature strip⟳. There was a path across the nature strip⟳ that was frequently used by pedestrians to cross the service road.”

“In their lime-green flat she had no garden, which was why she had taken over the nature strip⟳.[…]Neighbours mowed their green-jube nature strips bordering Agatha′s garden and did not report⟳ her to the local council.”

“2009, Mary Horsfall, Creating Your Eco-Friendly Garden, CSIRO Publishing, page 107, This is a town with a culture of nature strip⟳ gardens. Along our road there are no footpaths, but there are wide nature strips on which many residents have⟳ planted gardens of one sort⟳ or another.”

“Mrs Harridene accuses the said three schoolchildren of throwing bunches of seedpods onto her corrugated iron⟳ roof, having stolen the bunches of seedpods from the jacaranda tree located on her nature strip⟳.”

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