VAPOUR LOCK as NOUN

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)
   Synonym(s)
   • vapor lock (what does vapor lock mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) vapour lock is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • blockage (what does blockage mean?)
   • block (what does block mean?)
   • closure (what does closure mean?)
   • occlusion (what does occlusion mean?)
   • stop (what does stop mean?)
   • stoppage (what does stoppage mean?)