on-ramp

or on·ramp

[ on-ramp, awn- ]

/ ˈɒnˌræmp, ˈɔn- /

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noun

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

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Origin of on-ramp

By analogy with off-ramp

Words nearby on-ramp

on-peak, on pins and needles, on principle, on purpose, ONR, on-ramp, on-record, on relief, on request, onrush, ONS

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How to use on-ramp in a sentence

Just the hard-on before you shoot unarmed members of the public.
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Three on-the-record stories from a family: a mother and her daughters who came from Phoenix.
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You just travel light with carry-on luggage, go to cities that you love, and get to hang out with all your friends.
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It was a brick wall that we turned into the on-ramp of a highway.
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Could the (thus far) timid trembling give way to a full-on, grand mal seizure?
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I drew back from the rim of Writing-On-the-Stone, that set of whispered phrases echoing in my ears.
Raw Gold|Bertrand W. Sinclair
Delancy turned the sedan through the door of the big garage, rolled across the wide parking floor to the cement ramp at the rear.
Hooded Detective, Volume III No. 2, January, 1942|Various
Kingston-on-Thames is still provincial in appearance, though now the centre of a great growth of modern suburbs.
The Portsmouth Road and Its Tributaries|Charles G. Harper
Besides the districts mentioned, tobacco is grown largely in that of Frankfort-on-the Oder.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce|E. R. Billings.
He crossed the room to the concrete ramp that twisted up to the second story.
Hooded Detective, Volume III No. 2, January, 1942|Various

British Dictionary definitions for on-ramp

on-ramp

noun

a ramp that provides access to the specified part of a road systeman interstate highway on-ramp

a method of accessing a service or facilityan important on-ramp to the on-line world

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