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English noun: vapor lock

1. vapor lock (artifact) 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)


Synonymsvapour lock


Broader (hypernym)block, blockage, closure, occlusion, stop, stoppage









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