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vapor lock

noun /veɪpərlɑk/ 10 letters Scrabble 20 WWF 24
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noun

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)

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