EGAVE

congestion

About 3.64 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun The hindrance or blockage of the passage of something, for example a fluid, mixture, traffic, people, etc. (due to an excess of this or due to a partial or complete obstruction), resulting in overfilling or overcrowding. An accumulation or buildup, the act of gathering into a heap or mass.
    network congestion
  2. noun An accumulation or buildup, the act of gathering into a heap or mass.
    network congestion
  3. noun Blocking up of the capillary and other blood vessels, etc., in any locality or organ (often producing other morbid symptoms); local hyperemia, active or passive.
    arterial congestion
  4. noun An excess or accumulation of something. An excess of traffic; usually not a complete standstill of traffic, so usually not synonymous with traffic jam.
    traffic congestion
  5. noun An excess of traffic; usually not a complete standstill of traffic, so usually not synonymous with traffic jam.
    traffic congestion
  6. noun An excess of mucus or fluid in the respiratory system; congestion of the lungs, or nasal congestion.
  7. noun Edema, water retention, swelling, enlargement of a body part because of fluid retention in tissues and vessels.

Similar words

over-crowding overhead peak crowd crowding crowdedness overcrowding overpopulation overrun tension

Often followed by

of and in is control or on at may

Word family

congest congested congesting congestions congestive congests

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