on-ramp
or on·ramp
[on-ramp, awn-]
- 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
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It was a brick wall that we turned into the on-ramp of a highway.
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on-ramp
- 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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