turnoff
a small road that branches off from a larger one, especially a ramp or exit leading off a major highway: He took the wrong turnoff and it took him some 15 minutes to get back on the turnpike.
a place at which one diverges from or changes a former course.
an act of turning off.
the finished product of a certain manufacturing process, as weaving.
the quantity of fattened livestock distributed to market.
Slang. something or someone that makes one unsympathetic or antagonistic.
Origin of turnoff
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How to use turnoff in a sentence
The controller continued to move cars into covering positions in the area on all crossovers and turnoffs.
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British Dictionary definitions for turn off
to leave (a road, pathway, etc)
(of a road, pathway, etc) to deviate from (another road, etc)
(tr, adverb) to cause (something) to cease operating by turning a knob, pushing a button, etc: to turn off the radio
(tr) informal to cause (a person, etc) to feel dislike or distaste for (something): this music turns me off
(tr, adverb) British informal to dismiss from employment
a road or other way branching off from the main thoroughfare
informal a person or thing that elicits dislike or distaste
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Other Idioms and Phrases with turnoff
Stop the operation, activity, or flow of; shut off, as in Turn off the lights when you leave. [Mid-1800s]
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