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ramp ¹

mp) KEY

NOUN:

An inclined surface or roadway connecting different levels.
A mobile staircase by which passengers board and leave an aircraft.
A concave bend of a handrail where a sharp change in level or direction occurs, as at a stair landing.

ETYMOLOGY:
French rampe, from ramper, to slope, rise up, from Old French ; see ramp ²

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