Blockage Common

Origin: French suffix -age

Blockage has 4 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions

Noun

the physical condition of blocking or filling a passage with an obstruction

obstruction blockage

an obstruction in a pipe or tube

"we had to call a plumber to clear out the blockage in the drainpipe"

blockage block closure occlusion stop stoppage

the act of blocking

blockage closure occlusion

The state of being blocked.

See Also

block stoppage tubulocyst fox fordyce disease backup vasography degunkify deblock

Related Terms

block stoppage tubulocyst fox fordyce disease backup vasography degunkify deblock antiblockage congestion empacho free plumber's helper declogging unchoke bartholin's cyst get past blockages hyperkeratinization unstop

Broader Terms (hypernyms)

physical condition obstruction

Narrower Terms (hyponyms)

intestinal obstruction tamponade breechblock plug vapor lock implosion

Rhyming Words

age sage tage rage wage aage mage yage lage cage gage page nage kage swage adage plage brage phage stage

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