A slip road is the short road joining or leaving a motorway. Take the next slip road.
It exists so traffic can match speed before joining, which is why using it properly matters. Americans call the same thing a ramp, and a slip road is the British term.
1nounslip roadThe short road joining or leaving a motorway.
“The slip road was blocked and the whole junction stopped.”
slip road is a road.
Slip plus road, from slipping on or off the main carriageway.
From slip + road.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA
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