VAPOR LOCK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does vapor lock mean? 

• VAPOR LOCK (noun)
  The noun VAPOR LOCK has 1 sense:

1. 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)

  Familiarity information: VAPOR LOCK used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• VAPOR LOCK (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

vapor lock; vapour lock

Hypernyms ("vapor lock" is a kind of...):

block; blockage; closure; occlusion; stop; stoppage (an obstruction in a pipe or tube)