Blockages

/blɑˈkɪdʒɪz/ noun

Things that clog up or prevent movement or flow through a passage, like when a pipe gets stuck with debris.

From 'block' (Old English 'bloc') plus '-age' suffix (denoting a process or state). The '-age' ending comes from Old French and Latin '-aticum', used to create nouns from verbs.

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