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run-off

run-off noun: a run-off area; a paved area around the track at a spot that drivers are likely to go off, as opposed to a gravel trap, grass or a barrier. Also the alternative spelling of runoff.

Noun

run-off (countable and uncountable, plural run-offs)

  1. A run-off area; a paved area around the track at a spot that drivers are likely to go off, as opposed to a gravel trap, grass or a barrier.
    • Twelve laps later, Leclerc locked up at the first chicane and clattered over the run-off area. Again, Hamilton got a run on him, and this time Leclerc defended robustly through the flat-out Curva Grande, moving very late to block Hamilton to the Ferrari's left.2019 September 8, Andrew Benson, BBC Sport

Also used as

run-off is also the alternative spelling of runoff.

Forms of run-off

pluralrun-offs

Origin of run-off

Deverbal from run off.

Questions about run-off

What does run-off mean?
Run-off means a run-off area; a paved area around the track at a spot that drivers are likely to go off, as opposed to a gravel trap, grass or a barrier.
What part of speech is run-off?
Run-off is a noun.
What is the plural of run-off?
The plural of run-off is run-offs.

Words near run-off in the dictionary

  1. run-length encodings
  2. run-o'-the-mill
  3. Run-O-Waters
  4. run-of-the-mill
  5. run-of-the-river
  6. run-off
  7. run-offs
  8. run-on
  9. run-on sentence
  10. run-on sentences
  11. run-ons

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