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on-slip

on-slip noun: a slip road by which traffic joins a major road such as a motorway.

Noun

on-slip (plural on-slips)

  1. (UK) A slip road by which traffic joins a major road such as a motorway.
    • This situation is most acute at the eastbound on-slip of Junction 16 (Figure 1).1974, by National Research Council (U.S.). Transportation Research Board, Transportation Research Record, page 101
    Synonyms:
    on-ramp

Synonyms of on-slip

Forms of on-slip

pluralon-slips

Questions about on-slip

What does on-slip mean?
On-slip means a slip road by which traffic joins a major road such as a motorway.
What part of speech is on-slip?
On-slip is a noun.
What is the plural of on-slip?
The plural of on-slip is on-slips.

Words near on-slip in the dictionary

  1. on-screen
  2. on-side
  3. on-side kick
  4. on-side kicks
  5. on-site
  6. on-slip
  7. on-slips
  8. on-stage
  9. on-the-air
  10. on-the-fly
  11. on-the-fly encryption

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