- traffic jam
- nounADJECTIVE▪ huge, massiveVERB + TRAFFIC JAM▪ be/get caught in, be/get stuck in, sit in▪
Our bus was caught in a traffic jam and arrived late.
▪ cause
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
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Traffic Jam — bezeichnet: eine englische Musikgruppe, die aus The Spectres entstand und später zu Status Quo wurde das Traffic Jam Open Air Diese Seite ist eine Begriffsklärung zur Unterscheidung mehrerer mit d … Deutsch Wikipedia
traffic jam — traffic .jam n a long line of vehicles on a road that cannot move or can only move very slowly ▪ We were stuck in a traffic jam for two hours … Dictionary of contemporary English
traffic jam — traffic ,jam noun count a line of vehicles waiting behind something that is blocking the street: We were stuck in a traffic jam … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
traffic jam — traffic jams N COUNT A traffic jam is a long line of vehicles that cannot move forward because there is too much traffic, or because the road is blocked by something … English dictionary
traffic jam — traffic that is not moving, many vehicles on one road I was late for class because of a traffic jam. Honest! … English idioms
traffic jam — ► NOUN ▪ a line or lines of traffic at or virtually at a standstill … English terms dictionary
traffic jam — noun a number of vehicles blocking one another until they can scarcely move • Syn: ↑snarl up • Hypernyms: ↑crush, ↑jam, ↑press • Hyponyms: ↑gridlock * * * noun, pl ⋯ jams [count] … Useful english dictionary
traffic jam — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms traffic jam : singular traffic jam plural traffic jams a line of vehicles waiting behind something that is blocking the road We were stuck in a traffic jam … English dictionary
traffic jam — noun (C) a long line of vehicles on a road that cannot move, or that can only move very slowly: We were stuck in a traffic jam on the freeway for two hours … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
traffic jam — traffic jammed, adj. jam1 (def. 16). * * * … Universalium
