English
Detailed Synonyms for vapor lock in English
vapor lock:
vapor lock [the ~] noun, American
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the vapor lock
– 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) 1the vapor lock; the vapour lock– 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) 1