traffic jam

Definitions

General English

  • noun a situation where cars, buses and other vehicles cannot move forward on a road because there is too much traffic, because there has been an accident or because of roadworks.

Cars & Driving

  • noun a number of vehicles stopped behind one another on a road

Travel

  • noun a situation where there is so much traffic on the road that it moves only very slowly
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