Dictionary

slipway en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-West Germanic *slippjander. Old Saxon *slippiander. Middle Low German slippender.? Middle English slippen English slip English way English slipway From slip + way.

Meanings

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

Forms

Synonyms

building-slip

Translations (34)

hy նավարան (sloping surface) · sh на́воз (sloping surface) · it diga (sloping surface) · pl pochylnia (sloping surface) · hy ստապել (sloping surface) · pt dique (sloping surface) · nrf montée (sloping surface) · jpa נדירא (sloping surface) · arz قَزَق (sloping surface) · fi veneenlaskupaikka (sloping surface) · fi veneramppi (sloping surface) · ms galangan (sloping surface) · gml stāpel (sloping surface) · sv sjösättningsramp (sloping surface) · sh návoz (sloping surface) · de Helgen (sloping surface) · ro cală (sloping surface) · nl stapel (sloping surface) · bg стапел (sloping surface) · pt rampa de lançamento (sloping surface) · de Helling (sloping surface) · fr cale (sloping surface) · bg хелинг (sloping surface) · es dique (sloping surface) · de Helge (sloping surface) · hu sólya (sloping surface) · es grada (sloping surface) · ru э́ллинг (sloping surface) · fr cale sèche (sloping surface) · de Stapel (sloping surface) · hu sólyapálya (sloping surface) · id galangan (sloping surface) · fi veneluiska (sloping surface) · ru ста́пель (sloping surface)