Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

on-slip

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.28 in modern English

Syllables: on-s-lip
IPA

8

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A slip road by which traffic joins a major road such as a motorway.

British usage

Example Sentences

"This situation is most acute at the eastbound on-slip of Junction 16 (Figure 1)."

Usage

British usage

Inflected Forms

on-slips (plural)

Phrases

slip road off-slip

Frequently Paired Words

slip road off-slip

Synonyms

on-ramp

Questions

What does on-slip mean?: A slip road by which traffic joins a major road such as a motorway.

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