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Slipway

Noun CEFR B1

Definitions

  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.

Equivalents

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العربيةالمزلقة
Ελληνικάσκαρί
Magyarsólya
Bahasa Indonesiagalangan
Italianodiga
Nederlandsstapel
Polskipochylnia
Românăcală
Српскиćalegradanavoz

Examples

Immediately beyond the 'No entrance' sign onto the motorway slipway, turn right down the bank.”
Cross a motorway slipwaythere are no traffic lights. Then cross a major junction. Keep the motorway on your left.”

CEFR level

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This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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