on-ramp

or on·ramp

[on-ramp, awn-]

noun

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

Compare off-ramp.

Origin of on-ramp

by analogy with off-ramp

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Contemporary Examples of on-ramp

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