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woonerf

Noun CEFR B1

Definitions

A street in which pedestrians and cyclists have priority over motorists.

uncommon

Examples

“Other problems cited by Poulton include⟳ overall circulation problems, parking problems for service vans, and the difficulty strangers have⟳ finding their way around a woonerf.”
“He and his staff looked worldwide — to Trafalgar Square in London, to the Spanish Steps in Rome — and found that the designs best suited to the intersections were the Netherlands’ curbless woonerfs, which make⟳ no differentiation between street and sidewalk.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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