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soft shoulder

The definition of a soft shoulder is the soft, unpaved ground along the edge of a highway.

(noun)

An example of a soft shoulder is a patch of dirt off of a highway where you pull your car over when you are stopped by a law enforcement officer so you are off the road.

See soft shoulder in Webster's New World College Dictionary

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soft ground along the edge of a highway

See soft shoulder in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A border of soft earth running along the edge of a road.

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