traffic island

noun

: island sense 2a

Examples of traffic island in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Minutes after her last call to her sisters, Trent crashed her car into a concrete traffic island, dying at the scene. — Ronan Farrow, The New Yorker, 24 Mar. 2025

And Memorial Circle is no empty traffic island. — Israel Melendez Ayala, Time, 6 May 2026

With the old stadium headed for demolition, it was placed on a grassy traffic island at the foot of a Manhattan exit ramp — a lonely greeter, to a mostly empty island. — John Branch, New York Times, 2 May 2024

The artwork is positioned on a traffic island in Pall Mall, in Westminster, one of London's most prestigious areas. — Michelle Del Rey, USA Today, 30 Apr. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1911, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for traffic island

• dryland