BLOCKAGE

blockage, closure, occlusion

(noun) the act of blocking

blockage, block, closure, occlusion, stop, stoppage

(noun) an obstruction in a pipe or tube; “we had to call a plumber to clear out the blockage in the drainpipe”

obstruction, blockage

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

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

blockage (countable and uncountable, plural blockages)

The state of being blocked.

A thing that is blocking; an obstruction.

Source: Wiktionary


Block"age, n.

Definition: The act of blocking up; the state of being blocked up.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Coffee Trivia

According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.

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