neutral ground

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English

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Pronunciation

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  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈnuːtɹəl ɡraʊnd/, [ˈnuːt͡ʃɹɫ̩ ɡɹaʊ̯nd]

Noun

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neutral ground (plural neutral grounds)

  1. (Louisiana) The median strip or central reservation between lanes of traffic in a divided highway.
    • 2005, Chris Rose, 1 Dead in Attic, Simon & Schuster, published 2015, page 32:
      I just hope it's not the two guys who've been assigned to cut the grass on the neutral grounds for the past ten years; man, things would really be different around here without them.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see neutral,‎ ground.