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traffic jam

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noun

jam1(def 16).

Words related to traffic jam

blockage, roadblock, gridlock, congestion, bottleneck, logjam, jam

Words nearby traffic jam

traffic circle, traffic cop, traffic court, traffic engineering, traffic island, traffic jam, traffic light, traffic manager, traffic pattern, traffic warden, traffic-light labelling

OTHER WORDS FROM traffic jam

traf·fic-jammed, adjective
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Examples from the Web for traffic jam

  • The scramble to get out of the way of the engines had here resulted in a traffic-jam.

    The Girl and The Bill|Bannister Merwin

British Dictionary definitions for traffic jam

traffic jam

noun

a number of vehicles so obstructed that they can scarcely move

Derived forms of traffic jam

traffic-jammed, adjective
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