blockage
Syllables: block·age/ˈblɒkɪd͡ʒ/US/ˈblɑkɪd͡ʒ/
blockage noun: the state or condition of being blocked.
Noun
blockage (countable and uncountable, plural blockages)
- The state or condition of being blocked.
- 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...1962 August, G. Freeman Allen, “Traffic control on the Great Northern Line”, in Modern Railways, page 133
- The thing that is the cause of such a state, blocking a passage.
- There was a blockage in the sewer, so we called out the plumber.
- Synonym of thrombosis, thromboembolism, or embolism.
- Blockage of circulation quickly leads to ischemia.
- In selected cases, endovascular thrombectomy can quickly remove a blockage that pharmaceutical thrombolysis can't budge.
- Synonyms:
- thrombosis, thromboembolism, or embolism
- Synonym of constipation (“impairment of feces passage”).
- Synonyms:
- constipation
blockage meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Bengali and Malayalam
blockage in Hindi
- blockage, clog, obstruction
- जमाव jamāv
blockage in Tamil
- மறியல், மறி
blockage in Bengali
- প্রতিবন্ধকতা, বাধা, পথ রুদ্ধ হওয়া
blockage in Malayalam
- തടഞ്ഞു നിർത്തുന്ന വസ്തു, വഴിമുടക്കി, തടസ്സപ്പെട്ട അവസ്ഥ
Examples of blockage in a sentence
- There was a blockage in the sewer after an item of clothing was flushed down the toilet.
- The blockage caused a backup in the plumbing.
- The patient's face was blue from lack of oxygen induced by an airway blockage, which led a quick-thinking EMT on scene to begin modified chest thrusts.
Synonyms of blockage
- thrombosis
- thromboembolism
- or embolism
- constipation
- obstruction
- occlusion
- lodgment
Forms of blockage
| plural | blockages |
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Origin of blockage
From block + -age.
Words formed from blockage
Words that rhyme with blockage
Questions about blockage
- What does blockage mean?
- Blockage means the state or condition of being blocked.
- What is blockage in Hindi?
- Blockage in Hindi is जमाव (jamāv). See Blockage meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is blockage?
- Blockage is a noun.
- How do you pronounce blockage?
- Blockage is pronounced /ˈblɒkɪd͡ʒ/ (UK).
- What is the plural of blockage?
- The plural of blockage is blockages.
Words near blockage in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: blockage (page history and authors); जमाव (Hindi) (page history and authors); blockage (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); blockage (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); blockage (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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