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on-ramp

or on·ramp

[ on-ramp, awn- ]

noun

  1. an entrance lane for traffic from a street to a turnpike or freeway.


on-ramp

noun

  1. a ramp that provides access to the specified part of a road system

    an interstate highway on-ramp

  2. a method of accessing a service or facility

    an important on-ramp to the on-line world



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Word History and Origins

Origin of on-ramp1

By analogy with off-ramp

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Example Sentences

It was a brick wall that we turned into the on-ramp of a highway.

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