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traffic jams

traffic jams is the plural of traffic jam.

Meaning of traffic jam

Noun

traffic jam (plural traffic jams)

  1. A situation in which road traffic accumulates until it is stationary or very slow.
    • Victorian Londoners did not speak of 'traffic jams' - that term came from America after the First World War. They spoke rather of traffic 'locks' or 'blocks', and their prevalence would be one reason why Pearson began to direct his thoughts underground.2012, Andrew Martin, Underground Overground: A passenger's history of the Tube, Profile Books, →ISBN, page 17

Questions about traffic jams

What is traffic jams the plural of?
Traffic jams is the plural of traffic jam.

Words near traffic jams in the dictionary

  1. traffic generator
  2. traffic generators
  3. traffic island
  4. traffic islands
  5. traffic jam
  6. traffic jams
  7. traffic lead
  8. traffic leash
  9. traffic leashes
  10. traffic light
  11. traffic light coalition

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