off-site

See also: offsite

English

Etymology

From off- +‎ site.

Adjective

off-site (not comparable)

1. away from a particular site
   • 2023 December 27, Ben Jones, “Inside Sellafield... by rail”, in RAIL, number 999, page 20:

     For 75 years, it has fulfilled a wide range of roles: producing weapons-grade plutonium for early atomic weapons in the aftermath of the Second World War; the world's first commercial nuclear power station supplying electricity to the National Grid; reprocessing and storage of nuclear fuel; and the processing of lower grades of radioactive waste for off-site storage.

Antonyms

• on-site

Translations

away from a particular site

Adverb

off-site (not comparable)

1. away from a particular site
   • 2022 March 23, Paul Bigland, “HS2 is just 'passing through'”, in RAIL, number 953, page 41:

     Unlike South Heath, where the tunnel segments are made on site, the ones used here are made off-site and brought in by road.

References

• “off-site”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

Anagrams

• toffies, ties off