ˈtraffic ˌjam BrE AmE noun [countable]
a long line of vehicles on a road that cannot move or can only move very slowly:
We were stuck in a traffic jam for two hours.
ˈtraffic ˌjam BrE AmE noun [countable]
a long line of vehicles on a road that cannot move or can only move very slowly:
We were stuck in a traffic jam for two hours.
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English. Longman - Словарь современного английского языка. 2012