Blockage Meaning
/ˈblɒkɪd͡ʒ/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounThe state or condition of being blocked.
nounThe thing that is the cause of such a state, blocking a passage.
Sentence Examples
There is a blockage in this pipe, preventing water from entering it.
CEFR Practice Quiz
A severe ____ in the pipe caused the sink to overflow with water.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The plumber found a major ____ in the kitchen's main drain pipe.
Word Origin & History
Etymology tree English block Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin -āticus Latin -āticum Old French -agebor. Middle English -age English -age English blockage From block + -age.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"Only when one has seen a Control Office at first-hand does one realise the vast amount of unsparing but largely unsung work that is behind the eventual publication, perhaps, of a paragraph in this journal's "Motive Power Miscellany" recording the appearance, within hours of the complete blockage of a main line, of many of its trains, passenger and freight, on routes quite foreign to them; and of effective emergency services either side of the disaster area."
— 1962 August, G. Freeman Allen, “Traffic control on the Great Northern Line”, in Modern Railways, page 133:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
A severe ____ in the pipe caused the sink to overflow with water.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The plumber found a major ____ in the kitchen's main drain pipe.