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trouble spot

trouble spot noun: a location of difficulties or hostilities; a hot spot; a flashpoint.

Noun

trouble spot (plural trouble spots)

  1. A location of difficulties or hostilities; a hot spot; a flashpoint.
    • Difficulties were met by keeping permanent way and maintenance staff on duty and organising mobile squads to move as required to trouble spots.1962 March, “The New Year Freeze-up on British Railways”, in Modern Railways, page 159

Forms of trouble spot

pluraltrouble spots
alternative formtroublespot

Questions about trouble spot

What does trouble spot mean?
Trouble spot means a location of difficulties or hostilities; a hot spot; a flashpoint.
What part of speech is trouble spot?
Trouble spot is a noun.
What is the plural of trouble spot?
The plural of trouble spot is trouble spots.

Words near trouble spot in the dictionary

  1. trouble in paradise
  2. trouble light
  3. trouble lights
  4. trouble maker
  5. trouble makers
  6. trouble spot
  7. trouble spots
  8. trouble the scorers
  9. trouble ticket
  10. trouble ticket system
  11. trouble ticket systems

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