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# blockage

noun (a blockage, blockages)

«blockage» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A blockage is something that blocks a pipe, tube, road or passage so things cannot get through. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blockage/#m1)
2. (medicine) A blockage is something stopping blood, air or food from moving inside the body, such as in a blood vessel or the gut. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blockage/#m2)

### In the lessons

In everyday life blockages happen in sinks, drains and toilets (often from hair, fat or wet wipes). In science and health lessons a blockage in an artery can cause a heart attack, and choking is a blockage of the airway — an emergency. Phrases: clear a blockage, a blockage in the drain, cause a blockage.

### Examples

- A blockage in the sink stopped the water draining away. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blockage/#x1)
- The plumber cleared the blockage with a long rod. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blockage/#x2)
- Wet wipes cause blockages in drains, so don't flush them. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blockage/#x3)
- Fallen trees made a blockage on the road. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blockage/#x4)
- A blockage in an artery can cause a heart attack. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blockage/#x5)
- Choking happens when food makes a blockage in the airway. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blockage/#x6)
- The doctor found a blockage in the patient's gut. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blockage/#x7)

### Note

Countable: a blockage, blockages. Verb: block. In first aid, if someone is choking and cannot breathe or speak, get an adult and call emergency services (999 UK, 911 US and Canada, 000 Australia, 111 NZ, 112/999 Ireland).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «blockage» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blockage/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«blockage» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/blockage.html) on Mova free.