noun · B1

Slip Road

SLIPR-ohd/ˈslɪp rəʊd/

A slip road (id: slip-road) is the short road that joins or leaves a motorway (UK). US on-ramp and off-ramp. You merge from a slip road; you do not stop on it. A lay-by is for stopping on an ordinary road, not on a motorway. Countable.

Meaning

A short road that joins or leaves a motorway (UK; US on-ramp / off-ramp).

Examples

“Miss the slip road and you will have to come off at the next junction.”
“Indicate early on the slip road so people let you in.”
“The services are signposted from the slip road, not from the middle lane.”

Good to know

a slip road (UK). US: an on-ramp / off-ramp. Contrast: a lay-by (stopping place). merge / leave via the slip road.

Near in meaning

on-ramp, off-ramp

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