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noun
1.
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.
2.
a place at which one diverges from or changes a former course.
3.
an act of turning off.
4.
the finished product of a certain manufacturing process, as weaving.
5.
EXPANDthe quantity of fattened livestock distributed to market.
6.
COLLAPSESlang. something or someone that makes one unsympathetic or antagonistic.
Origin:
1680–90; noun use of verb phrase turn off
1680–90; noun use of verb phrase turn off
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Turnoff
is always a great word to know.
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| to refuse to serve at a bar or restaurant; to be thrown out of or forbidden from an establishment |
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| turnoff | |
noun | |
| 1. | something causing antagonism or loss of interest |
| 2. | a side road where you can turn off; "I missed the turnoff and went 15 miles out of my way" |
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