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slipway

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    From slip + way.

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    slipway (plural slipways)

    1. (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.
      Synonym: building-slip
    2. A slip road.
      • 2002, Michael Smout, Merseyside Meanders, →ISBN, page 98:
        Immediately beyond the 'No entrance' sign onto the motorway slipway, turn right down the bank.
      • 2019, Declan Lyons, Cycling the Canal de la Garonne: From Bordeaux to Toulouse, →ISBN, page 48:
        Cross a motorway slipway – there are no traffic lights. Then cross a major junction. Keep the motorway on your left.

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