EGAVE

ramp

About 2.52 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun An inclined surface that connects two levels; an incline.
  2. noun An interchange, a road that connects a freeway to a surface street or another freeway.
  3. noun A structure with an inclined surface made for stunts, as for jumping motorcycles or other vehicles.
  4. noun A mobile staircase that is attached to the doors of an aircraft at an airport.
  5. noun A way of hitting a boundary by facing a cricket bat face front and pushing with force to launch the ball; of the entirety done against pace.
    He hit three ramps in a row to push his team near the opponents total.
  6. noun A large parking area in an airport for aircraft, for loading and unloading or for storage (see also apron and tarmac).
  7. noun A surface inside the air intake of a supersonic aircraft which adjusts in position to allow for efficient shock wave compression of incoming air at a wide range of different Mach numbers.
  8. noun A construction used to do skating tricks, usually in the form of part of a pipe.

Similar words

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Word family

ramped ramping ramps

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