Usually means: Roadside lane for emergency stops.
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  1. hard shoulder: Merriam-Webster
  2. hard shoulder: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. hard shoulder: Collins English Dictionary
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  5. hard shoulder: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. hard shoulder: Wiktionary
  7. hard shoulder: Dictionary.com
  8. Hard shoulder: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
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  10. hard shoulder: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  11. hard shoulder: FreeDictionary.org
  12. hard shoulder: Mnemonic Dictionary
  13. hard shoulder: TheFreeDictionary.com
  14. hard shoulder: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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▸ noun:  A verge to the side of a highway, which should be used only in case of an emergency (especially on a motorway)

Similar:
grip, sideroad, sidewalk, drop kerb, chicane, berm, ghost island, shunt, layback, road harrow, more...

Opposite:
soft shoulder, verge, breakdown lane

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Similar:
grip, sideroad, sidewalk, drop kerb, chicane, berm, ghost island, shunt, layback, road harrow, more...

Opposite:
soft shoulder, verge, breakdown lane



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