off-ramp

noun

ˈȯf-ˌramp 

: a ramp by which one leaves a limited-access highway

Examples of off-ramp in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Because the on- and off-ramps will serve as temporary I-70 travel lanes, motorists will not be able to enter or exit I-70 at Kipling Street. — Brian Sherrod, CBS News, 17 Sep. 2026

In August 2023, according to the release, Normandin-Parker’s friend, Luna Moore, got sick in the Uber and the driver, Vu Tran, stopped at a freeway gore point, the triangular area by the freeway’s off-ramp. — Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2026

In the latter book’s view, the internet allows its users to choose their own particular off-ramp from ennui. — Jeremy Gordon, The Atlantic, 14 Sep. 2026

The driver, a 25-year-old man, immediately pulled onto the right shoulder of the Holly Street off-ramp and discovered his car had been hit four times, authorities said. — Jason Green, Mercury News, 1 Sep. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1939, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for off-ramp

• decamp
• encamp
• headlamp
• preamp
• revamp
• timestamp
• amp
• champ
• clamp
• cramp
• damp
• gamp

Kids Definition

off-ramp

noun

ˈȯf-ˌramp

: a ramp by which one leaves a limited-access highway