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PRONUNCIATION OF SLIP ROAD

slip road play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SLIP ROAD

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Slip road is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SLIP ROAD MEAN IN ENGLISH?

slip road

Interchange (road)

In the field of road transport, an interchange is a road junction that typically uses grade separation, and one or more ramps, to permit traffic on at least one highway to pass through the junction without directly crossing any other traffic stream. It differs from a standard intersection, at which roads cross at grade. Interchanges are almost always used when at least one of the roads is a controlled-access highway or a limited-access divided highway, though they may occasionally be used at junctions between two surface streets.

Definition of slip road in the English dictionary

The definition of slip road in the dictionary is a short road connecting a motorway, etc, to another road.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SLIP ROAD

slip
slip flow
slip gauge
slip one over on
slip rail
slip ring
slip step
slip stitch
slip up
slip-on
slip-slop
slip-stitch
slip-up
slipcase
slipcased
slipcover
slipdress
slipe
slipform
slipknot

WORDS THAT END LIKE SLIP ROAD

A road
access road
approach road
country road
dirt road
high road
hit the road
knight of the road
link road
main road
on the road
one for the road
relief road
ring road
road
single-track road
take the road
the end of the road
to take the high road
toll road
yellow brick road

Synonyms and antonyms of slip road in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «slip road» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SLIP ROAD

Find out the translation of slip road to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of slip road from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «slip road» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

高速公路会交点
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

vía de acceso
570 millions of speakers

English

slip road
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

स्लिप रोड
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

طَرِيقٌ مَتَصِلٌ بِطَرِيقٍ سَرِيعٍ لِلسَّيَارَاتِ أَوْ مُنْفَصِلٌ عَنْهُ
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

съезд с автомагистрали
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

entrada para a rodovia
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পিছলা রাস্তা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

bretelle
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Slip jalan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Zufahrtsstraße
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

高速道路の進入退出路
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

램프
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Slip dalan
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đoạn đường nối
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சரிவு சாலை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

स्लीप रस्ता
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kaygan yol
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

bretella
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

podjazd
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

виїзд на трасу
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

banda de accelerare/decelerare
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

σοκάκι
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

glip pad
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

på-/avfartsväg till motorväg
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

avkjørsel
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of slip road

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SLIP ROAD»

The term «slip road» is regularly used and occupies the 64.735 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SLIP ROAD» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about slip road

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SLIP ROAD»

Discover the use of slip road in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to slip road and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Traffic Signs Manual
O11.18 JUNCTIONS O11.18.1 Correct timing of the closure of access points is important to avoid unnecessary queuing, e.g. on the slip road. The slip road should be reduced initially to a single lane using coning and signing. See paragraphs ...
Great Britain: Department for Transport, 2006
2
Wild Wyoming
ACCESS: The Slip Road is a rough and washed out county road that climbs from Mayoworth to the crest of Gardner Mountain. From here, a new trail has been built southward along the mountain crest, and one can descend southwest from this ...
Erik Molvar, 2001
3
Highway Traffic Monitoring and Data Quality
1.8 Increasing the Capacity of a Motorway by Access Control It is possible that the capacity of the main carriageway on a motorway can be exceeded for a short time interval just downstream of an entry slip road if the sum of the vehicles on the ...
Michael Dalgleish, 2008
4
Professional Driving Lessons - Free of Charge
Whitti'tE'rlEl lane you are in on the approach to this slip road. you must chectr your internal and right dfldrnal mirrors and glance to your right shoulder to see it you can change lanes. if in doubt whether you need to change. do so anyway.
Graham Hughes, 2012
5
Snatched: A Screenplay
The slip road is almost upon us. Inside, Nick holds his speed, flicking glances between the road ahead and the Vito. THROUGH WINDSCREEN We see the slip road just metres ahead, rushing at us. Inside the range Rover, Nick looks scared.
Peter Ackers, 2013
6
Town Planning in Hong Kong: A Review of Planning Appeals
The latest plan before the appeal showed an alternative alignment for a slip road from Route 3. In the earlier proposal, taken into account by the appellant, the slip road (the old slip road) would run along the north-eastern boundary of the site ...
Lawrence Wai-chung Lai, 1999
7
The Blame Machine: Why Human Error Causes Accidents
The main route out of the village connects to the slip road for the trunk road going northbound, the layout of the junction being shown in Figure P1. However, to reach the northbound lane of the trunk road, a driver needs to turn right and ...
Robert Whittingham, 2004
8
Structural Integrity Monitoring
2.4.7 Adur Bridge - slip road There are 36 thermocouples cast into the slip road and one placed at the top of column NE13 to measure shade temperatures. The positions of the thermocouples in the cross-section are shown in Fig. 2.8.
R.A. Collacott, 1985
9
The Demon Road
'We havejustpassed an exit slip-road, there will be a corresponding entry slip- road coming up in a moment where cars may bejoining the motorway. A box van is ahead of us in lane one travelling at sixty-five mph, it will begin to hinder us in a  ...
Richard Gray, 2012
10
German Technical Dictionary
slip road census (BE; cf access road, AE) 1. <Trans> Autobahnzubringer m; 2. < Trans> Autobahnzubringerverkehrszählung f slip road control (BE; cf access road control, AE) <Trans> Autobahnzubringerkontrolle f slip road count (BE) <Trans> ...
Routledge, 2003

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SLIP ROAD»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term slip road is used in the context of the following news items.
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Dozens of cars drive wrong way up motorway slip road to avoid traffic
A road safety official stops a van after it u-turned in the wrong direction on to an M1 slip road to avoid a traffic jam The video shows several vehicles going the ... «The Independent, Jul 15»
2
Watch the moment a woman drove the wrong way down slip road
Footage captured by a HGV's dashboard camera shows the elderly female motorist illegally driving her white and red Nissan Micra up the slip road to meet the ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
3
New slip road to provide direct access to KJE from Senja Road
With the new road, motorists can drive directly to KJE (Westbound) from Senja Road, and save up to five minutes of travelling time as a result, LTA said. «Channel News Asia, Jun 15»
4
A516 sliproad off A38 southbound closed due to lorry accident
The road has been closed heading to the A516 from A38 heading south of Derby. ... THE A38 southbound to the slip road of A516 to Etwall has been closed ... «Derby Telegraph, Jun 15»
5
A14 slip road open after car and lorry collision
Suffolk police were called to the collision between a black Audi A4 and a Renault truck at 2.46pm, on the exit slip road at St Saviours Interchange. One lane was ... «East Anglian Daily Times, Jun 15»
6
Motorcyclist seriously hurt as West Bromwich crash closes M5 slip
Slip roads on both sides of the M5 at West Bromwich have been shut following the crash, which seriously injured the motorcyclist, just before 7.20am this ... «Birmingham Mail, Jun 15»
7
Man dies in A1 Stannington slip road collision
A man has died in a two-vehicle crash on the A1 in Northumberland. The collision, involving a van and a car, happened on the slip road to the southbound ... «BBC News, Jun 15»
8
Mercedes driver dies after crash on A20 Swanley Interchange slip
The 44-year-old driver of the green E-class coupe Mercedes died on the Swanley interchange slip road just after 3am today, police said. Officers were called to ... «Evening Standard, Jun 15»
9
Coach fire shuts M25 slip road near Dartford Tunnel
This video, uploaded to Twitter, shows the flames and a thick plume of black smoke rising from the wreckage of the bus, which appears to be on a slip road ... «Evening Standard, Apr 15»
10
Pictured: Ferrari flips onto roof along motorway slip road
Emergency crews were called to a southbound slip road off the M56 at 6pm. They discovered a battered Ferrari which had spun over near the M6 turnoff. «Manchester Evening News, Feb 15»

REFERENCE
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