vapour lock

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noun

a stoppage in a pipe carrying a liquid caused by a bubble of gas, esp such a stoppage caused by vaporization of the petrol in the pipe feeding the carburettor of an internal-combustion engine

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Words nearby vapour lock

vaporware, vapory, vapour, vapour density, vapourer moth, vapour lock, vapour pressure, vapour trail, vaquero, Var, vara

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