ROLL-ON ROLL-OFF

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does roll-on roll-off mean? 

• ROLL-ON ROLL-OFF (noun)
  The noun ROLL-ON ROLL-OFF has 1 sense:

1. a method of transport (as a ferry or train or plane) that vehicles roll onto at the beginning and roll off of at the destination

  Familiarity information: ROLL-ON ROLL-OFF used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ROLL-ON ROLL-OFF (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A method of transport (as a ferry or train or plane) that vehicles roll onto at the beginning and roll off of at the destination

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("roll-on roll-off" is a kind of...):

conveyance; transport (something that serves as a means of transportation)

Domain category:

aeroplane; airplane; plane (an aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by propellers or jets)

railroad train; train (public transport provided by a line of railway cars coupled together and drawn by a locomotive)