on-ramp

noun

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

Examples of on-ramp in a Sentence

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But if my mom wouldn't have given me that on-ramp Right. Outside Online, 21 Jan. 2026 Starting Wednesday night, drivers should expect the on-ramp at Santa Fe Drive at Evans Avenue to be closed for the new bridge. Brian Sherrod, CBS News, 21 Jan. 2026 As crews prepared to reopen the University Avenue on-ramp in early January, the merge point was shifted south, closer to the mixmaster. Cooper Worth, Des Moines Register, 16 Jan. 2026 Sena’s vehicle then struck a pickup truck driven by a 25-year-old Meridian man, causing the pickup to come to rest in the lanes of the westbound on-ramp of exit 53, which is the Vista Avenue exit to the Boise Airport, the release said. Shannon Tyler, Idaho Statesman, 9 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for on-ramp

Word History

First Known Use

1956, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of on-ramp was in 1956

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“On-ramp.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/on-ramp. Accessed 27 Jan. 2026.

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on-ramp

noun
ˈȯn-ˌramp
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: a ramp by which one enters a limited-access highway
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