turnoff
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.
a place at which one diverges from or changes a former course.
an act of turning off.
the finished product of a certain manufacturing process, as weaving.
the quantity of fattened livestock distributed to market.
Slang. something or someone that makes one unsympathetic or antagonistic.
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How to use turnoff in a sentence
Even as we approached the turnoff to Highway 14 that would take us past my hometown, I began to waffle.
Aparicio thought about buying a Peloton during the pandemic, but the price of the equipment—anywhere between $1,500 and $2,500—was a turnoff.
America's Going to the Gym Again. That's Bad News for Peloton, But Great News for Mental Health | Sean Gregory | November 12, 2021 | TimeKendall is absolutely right that his dad is a terrible person, but the ways in which he’s expressing that idea are an active turnoff to his siblings, who are still deeply ensnared in their father’s web.
Succession turns a box of doughnuts into a stealthy statement about abuse | Emily VanDerWerff | October 25, 2021 | VoxAround a final bend, I eased off the gas, coasting down the slope, scanning the left side of the road for the turnoff.
Rest easy with the auto turnoff feature, which shuts off the device when it’s getting overheated.
But one incident was such a turnoff for him that it nearly got him off booze himself.
Another big turnoff is its inability to play Flash video, resulting in thousands of Web sites showing up with empty white squares.
Former contributors to the site attest that the ruling "in-crowd" is a turnoff for new users.
A few miles before the town of Lathrop Wells, Scotty spotted their turnoff.
The Scarlet Lake Mystery | Harold Leland GoodwinHe told the boys how he planted himself at the Pahrump Valley turnoff because the sedan would have to turn on lights there.
The Scarlet Lake Mystery | Harold Leland GoodwinA turnoff to darkness has been deliberately taken, superstition has been embraced while knowledge has been destroyed.
The Year When Stardust Fell | Raymond F. JonesRick braked to a stop as the highway met the turnoff to Easton.
The Flying Stingaree | Harold Leland GoodwinThey reached the pumice works without seeing the geologist's lights again, and Rick stopped at the turnoff.
The Flaming Mountain | Harold Leland Goodwin
British Dictionary definitions for turn off
to leave (a road, pathway, etc)
(of a road, pathway, etc) to deviate from (another road, etc)
(tr, adverb) to cause (something) to cease operating by turning a knob, pushing a button, etc: to turn off the radio
(tr) informal to cause (a person, etc) to feel dislike or distaste for (something): this music turns me off
(tr, adverb) British informal to dismiss from employment
a road or other way branching off from the main thoroughfare
informal a person or thing that elicits dislike or distaste
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Other Idioms and Phrases with turnoff
Stop the operation, activity, or flow of; shut off, as in Turn off the lights when you leave. [Mid-1800s]
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