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traffic jam

 
 
noun [C]

Definition

a line of cars, trucks, etc that are moving slowly or not moving at all: They got stuck in a traffic jam.
(Definition of traffic jam noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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