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| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : ramp |
| Phonetic Transcription : ræmp |
Définition of ramp
Origin :- 1778, "slope," from French rampe, back-formation from Old French verb ramper "to climb, scale, mount;" see ramp (v.). Meaning "road on or off a major highway" is from 1952, American English.
- noun incline
- In two minutes, it would be time for him to walk up the ramp into the G-boat.
- Extract from : « Wind » by Charles Louis Fontenay
- Pieter Heemskerk stood by the ramp to the stubby G-boat and checked his watch.
- Extract from : « Wind » by Charles Louis Fontenay
- The station was completely empty as Ravdin walked down the ramp to the shuttles.
- Extract from : « The Link » by Alan Edward Nourse
- He shot him and ran up the ramp as the officer's body rolled down it.
- Extract from : « Space Prison » by Tom Godwin
- The ramp floor was supported by steel tubes at its edges and in its exact center.
- Extract from : « The Stutterer » by R.R. Merliss
- When he saw the ramp running from the ship to the ground, he was dismayed.
- Extract from : « The Stutterer » by R.R. Merliss
- As the ramp moved, he fingered the small weapon in his pocket.
- Extract from : « The Status Civilization » by Robert Sheckley
- The airlock was across the room, opposite the ramp entrance.
- Extract from : « Rebels of the Red Planet » by Charles Louis Fontenay
- Dark and Maya hurried up the ramp toward the north building.
- Extract from : « Rebels of the Red Planet » by Charles Louis Fontenay
- Bart ran down a ramp and surged out on the field with the crowd.
- Extract from : « The Colors of Space » by Marion Zimmer Bradley
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