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block·age
(blŏk′ĭj)n.
1. The act of obstructing.
2. An obstruction.
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blockage
(ˈblɒkɪdʒ)n
1. the act of blocking or state of being blocked
2. an object causing an obstruction
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block•age
(ˈblɒk ɪdʒ)n.
1. an act of blocking.
2. the state of being blocked.
3. something that blocks; obstruction.
[1870–75]
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Noun | 1. | blockage - the physical condition of blocking or filling a passage with an obstruction physical condition, physiological condition, physiological state - the condition or state of the body or bodily functions ileus, intestinal obstruction - blockage of the intestine (especially the ileum) that prevents the contents of the intestine from passing to the lower bowel |
2. | blockage - an obstruction in a pipe or tube; "we had to call a plumber to clear out the blockage in the drainpipe" breech closer, breechblock - a metal block in breech-loading firearms that is withdrawn to insert a cartridge and replaced to close the breech before firing impedimenta, obstruction, obstructor, obstructer, impediment - any structure that makes progress difficult vapor lock, vapour lock - 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) | |
3. | blockage - the act of blocking obstruction - the act of obstructing; "obstruction of justice" implosion - the initial occluded phase of a stop consonant |
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blockage
noun obstruction, block, blocking, stoppage, impediment, occlusion The logical treatment is to remove the blockage.
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nounThe American Heritage® Roget's Thesaurus. Copyright © 2013, 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
Translations
اِنْسِدادانْسِداد
ucpání
blokeringproptilstopning
tukos
začepljenje
stífla
封鎖
봉쇄
zamašitev
blockering
การปิดล้อม
tıkanıklıktıkanma
chướng ngại vật
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
blockage
[ˈblɒkɪdʒ] n → obstruction fblock and tackle n → palan mI finally pulled him up with a block and tackle → Je l'ai finalement sorti de là à l'aide d'un palan.block booking n → réservation f groupée
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
blockage
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
block
(blok) noun1. a flat-sided mass of wood or stone etc. blocks of stone.
2. a piece of wood used for certain purposes. a chopping-block.
3. a connected group of houses, offices etc. a block of flats; an office block.
4. a barrier. a road block.
5. (especially American) a group of buildings bounded by four streets. a walk round the block.
verb to make (progress) difficult or impossible. The crashed cars blocked the road.
blocˈkade (-ˈkeid) noun something which blocks every approach to a place by land or sea.
verbThe ships blockaded the town.
ˈblockage (-kidʒ) noun something causing a pipe etc to be blocked. a blockage in the pipe.
blocked adjective obstructed. I have a bad cold – my nose is blocked.
block capital/letter a capital letter written in imitation of printed type, eg the letters in NAME.
ˈblockhead noun a stupid person.
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blockage
→ اِنْسِداد ucpání blokering Verstopfung αποκλεισμός bloqueo, obstrucción tukos blocage začepljenje blocco 封鎖 봉쇄 verstopping blokkering blokada obstrução закупорка blockering การปิดล้อม tıkanıklık chướng ngại vật 封锁Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
blockage
n obstrucción f, bloqueoEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.