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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(nautical) A sloping surface, leading down to the shore or to a river, on which ships are built, repaired or stored and from which they are launched..
Immediately beyond the 'No entrance' sign onto the motorway slipway, turn right down the bank.
Cross a motorway slipway – there are no traffic lights. Then cross a major junction. Keep the motorway on your left.
Use slipway when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Slipway means (nautical) A sloping surface, leading down to the shore or to a river, on which ships are built, repaired or stored and from which they are launched..
Common synonyms include building-slip, ways, shipway.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Immediately beyond the 'No entrance' sign onto the motorway slipway, turn right down the bank.
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