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slip road

n
(Automotive Engineering) Brit a short road connecting a motorway, etc, to another road
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slip road

on-ramp or exit ramp
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.slip road - a short road giving access to an expresswayslip road - a short road giving access to an expressway; "in Britain they call an access road a slip road"
road, route - an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation
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Translations
nájezdnájezd na dálnicisjezd
frakørselsvejtilkørselsvej
liittymätie
prilazna cesta
bekötõútlehajtó
aîrein
高速道路の進入退出路
램프
objazdvjazdvýjazd
på-/avfartsväg till motorväg
ถนนเชื่อมทางหลวง
đoạn đường nối

slip road

n (Brit) → Zufahrtsstraße f; (for entering motorway) → (Autobahn)auffahrt f; (for leaving motorway) → (Autobahn)ausfahrt f
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slip road

n (Brit) (to motorway) → rampa di accesso
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

slip1

(slip) past tense, past participle slipped verb
1. to slide accidentally and lose one's balance or footing. I slipped and fell on the path.
2. to slide, or drop, out of the right position or out of control. The plate slipped out of my grasp.
3. to drop in standard. I'm sorry about my mistake – I must be slipping!
4. to move quietly especially without being noticed. She slipped out of the room.
5. to escape from. The dog had slipped its lead and disappeared.
6. to put or pass (something) with a quick, light movement. She slipped the letter back in its envelope.
noun
1. an act of slipping. Her sprained ankle was a result of a slip on the path.
2. a usually small mistake. Everyone makes the occasional slip.
3. a kind of undergarment worn under a dress; a petticoat.
4. (also ˈslipway) a sloping platform next to water used for building and launching ships.
ˈslipper noun
a loose, soft kind of shoe for wearing indoors.
ˈslippery adjective
1. so smooth as to cause slipping. The path is slippery – watch out!
2. not trustworthy. He's rather a slippery character.
ˈslipperiness noun
slip road
a road for joining or leaving a motorway.
ˈslipshod adjective
(of work etc) untidy; careless. The teacher told him his work was slipshod.
give (someone) the slip
to escape from or avoid (someone) in a secretive manner. The crooks gave the policemen the slip.
let slip
1. to miss (an opportunity etc). I let the chance slip, unfortunately.
2. to say (something) unintentionally. She let slip some remark about my daughter.
slip into
to put on (clothes) quickly. She slipped into her nightdress.
slip off
1. to take (clothes) off quickly. Slip off your shoe.
2. to move away noiselessly or hurriedly. We'll slip off when no-one's looking.
slip on
to put on (clothes) quickly.
slip up to make a mistake; to fail to do something: They certainly slipped up badly over the new appointment (noun ˈslip-up)
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slip road

طَرِيقٌ مَتَصِلٌ بِطَرِيقٍ سَرِيعٍ لِلسَّيَارَاتِ أَوْ مُنْفَصِلٌ عَنْهُ nájezd na dálnici frakørselsvej Zufahrtsstraße σοκάκι vía de acceso liittymätie bretelle prilazna cesta bretella 高速道路の進入退出路 램프 oprit avkjørsel podjazd entrada para a rodovia съезд с автомагистрали på-/avfartsväg till motorväg ถนนเชื่อมทางหลวง bağlantı yolu đoạn đường nối 高速公路会交点
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A collision has resulted in the closure of a slip road on theM6atCreweinCheshire.
Motorists using the A3 inGuildfordshould prepare for more disruption with the arrival of eight months of planned slip road works.
The improvements will take place on the carriageway at Glasslaw as well as at the northbound slip road at Spurryhillock and the southbound slip road at Glasslaw.
A MAJOR slip road was shut for more than six hours after a crash involving a car and a van.
DRIVERS are being warned about disruption at Silverlink over the next two weekends as slip road closures are put in place.
Improvements will start on the northbound junction 7 slip road and will take five nights.
The southbound entry slip road will be fully closed overnight on Wednesday, 12 December, for technology work.
The new crossing being built in its place will have four lanes and traffic lights at both slip road junctions.
This is the dramatic moment a driver desperately forced his way onto a motorway's slip road before changing his mind and cutting across TWO hatched markings.
TWO women were taken to hospital after a collision closed the M6 slip road near Coventry for several hours on Monday.
The diversion route for vehicular traffic when the M62 Junction 5 Westbound Exit Slip Road is closed will be via the M62, Queens Drive, Rocky Lane, Bowring Park Road and Roby Road.
THE Delhi government has decided to open the slip road from Noida to Barapullah corridor from November 11.