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boat ramp

n.
A ramp beside a body of water, constructed to allow boats to be launched or hauled out.
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The project included a repaved parking lot, a boat ramp expansion, fishing paths, and of course, solar lighting.
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Balex Marine is making the days of cranking on a manual winch and clambering down the boat ramp a distant memory.
The 40-year-old then tied a rope around the shark's tail and towed it back to a boat ramp, where he beat it to death with a metal pole.
Reconstruction of the boat ramp and an expansion and partial reconstruction of the parking area.
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Upgrading the HVAC systems, air quality, air cooling and ventilation, and expanding the dining hall to include a patio deck, and installing new docks and a boat ramp, will add to the family-friendly environment.
On July 5, 2003, in Ledgedale, Pennsylvania, two-year-old Scott Brown and his eight-month-old brother Christopher were securely restrained in car seats in the rear of a sports utility vehicle when it suddenly rolled down a boat ramp and plunged into Lake Wallenpaupack.
A long slant of wooden decking at the entrance looks like a boat ramp. Similar to the houses of recycled materials Samuel Mock-bee designs with his students for Alabama sharecroppers (AR March 2001), his Hamptons version derives its hominess from horizontal and vertical elements set askew with a swimming pool angled out from the house.