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User_gary Posted 19 years ago
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slip road (off-ramp)

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00noun00 00[C]00 (00UK00 00slip road00)02br
00a road for driving off a major road02br
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0 01blockquote 01cite 10User_gary12cite 10off-ramp10 10US10 15012br 10noun10 10[C]10 (10UK10 10slip road10)12br 10a road for driving off a major road12br 12br 10Please explain (a road for driving off a major road)12blockquote 10 01b 01font 00You are driving on a major auto route. When you exit, there will be a road at an angle for you to take. This is called an off-ramp, 'ramp' being the word of choice because the major road is often elevated a bit from the rest of the surrounding territory.

— Philip

  • 0 01blockquote 01cite 10User_gary12cite 10off-ramp10 10US10 15012br 10noun10 10[C]10 (10UK10 10slip road10)12br 10a road for driving off a major road12br 12br 10Please explain (a road for driving off a major road)12blockquote 10 01b 01font 00You are driving on a major auto route.
  • When you exit, there will be a road at an angle for you to take.
  • This is called an off-ramp, 'ramp' being the word of choice because the major road is often elevated a bit from the rest of the surrounding territory.
  • The opposite is 'on-ramp'.
  • This is very common in the US, but I'm not sure how common it is in the rest of the world.
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01cite10User_gary12cite10off-ramp10 10US10 15012br
10noun10 10[C]10 (10UK10 10slip road10)12br
10a road for driving off a major road12br
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10Please explain (a road for driving off a major road)12blockquote
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