VAPOR LOCK

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A stoppage in a pipeline caused by gas bubbles (especially a stoppage that develops in hot weather in an internal-combustion engine when fuel in the gas line boils and forms bubbles that block the flow of gasoline to the carburetor)

Synonyms:

vapor lock; vapour lock

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("vapor lock" is a kind of...):

block; blockage; closure; occlusion; stop; stoppage (an obstruction in a pipe or tube)

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