jammed /dʒæmd/ BrE AmE adjective [not before noun]
1 . stuck and impossible to move:
Ben had got his finger jammed in the door.
2 . full of people or things SYN packed :
The place is jammed. We’ll never get in.
jammed with
The town was completely jammed with traffic.
⇨ ↑ jam-packed
3 . if people are jammed in a place, there are a lot of them there, so that there is no space between them:
We were jammed together, shoulder to shoulder, in the narrow corridor.
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THESAURUS
▪ stuck [not before noun] fixed or trapped in a particular position or place and unable to move or be moved:
I can’t open this drawer – it’s stuck.
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Sorry I’m late – I got stuck in traffic.
▪ jammed [not before noun] stuck and impossible to move – used especially about parts of a machine, or something trapped between two surfaces:
The photocopier is jammed again.
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I put in a 50p coin but it got jammed in the slot.
▪ entangled [not before noun] twisted together and unable to be separated – used especially about things such as hair, wire, or string getting caught around something:
The chain of her necklace was entangled in her hair.
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Swimming in the river is dangerous because you might get entangled in the weeds.
▪ stranded stuck and unable to move from or leave a place – used about people, vehicles, and animals:
Hundreds of motorists were left stranded by the snowstorms.
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We were stranded at Moscow airport.
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The jellyfish were stranded on the beach.
▪ beached stuck in shallow water or on the shore, and unable to move – used about whales, sea creatures, and boats:
They helped push the beached whale back into the sea.
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the owner of the beached vessel