diamond lane

diamond lane

noun
a highway or street lane for buses and passenger vans marked with a large diamond shape on the pavement.

Origin:
1985–90
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Diamond lane is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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Main Entry:  diamond lane
Part of Speech:  n
Definition:  a highway lane marked with painted diamonds which indicate that it is for multi-passenger vehicles, created to alleviate traffic congestion and improve air quality; also called HOV lane
Main Entry:  diamond lane
Part of Speech:  n
Definition:  See HOV lane
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