off-ramp

noun

: a ramp by which one leaves a limited-access highway

Examples of off-ramp in a Sentence

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The ordinance, sponsored by Councilman Phillip Baker, would block heavy trucks from driving through stretches of Kentucky and St. Catherine streets in Limerick and Old Louisville — East-West corridors near on- and off-ramps to Interstate 65 — as well as St. James Court. Killian Baarlaer, The Courier-Journal, 2 Dec. 2024 This hangout, wedged in by a public school, a Greyhound bus stop, and a Manhattan Bridge off-ramp, spilled onto the street and became a scene. The Editors, Curbed, 2 Dec. 2024 Higgins said a wrong-way detection system alerted state police troopers last Sunday to a motorist going up an Interstate 84 off-ramp in East Hartford. Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 26 Nov. 2024 Flowers are ubiquitous in Southern California and so easy to procure, from the buckets of seasonal blooms at your local supermarket to the gaudy $5 bouquets hawked at many freeway off-ramps. Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times, 20 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for off-ramp 

Word History

First Known Use

1939, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of off-ramp was in 1939

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“Off-ramp.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/off-ramp. Accessed 15 Dec. 2024.

Kids Definition

off-ramp

noun
ˈȯf-ˌramp
: a ramp by which one leaves a limited-access highway
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