car park vs gridlock

car park

noun
  • A road with serious traffic congestion preventing the movement of vehicles. 

  • An outdoor area or a building where cars may be parked. 

gridlock

noun
  • A condition of total, interlocking traffic congestion on the streets or highways of a crowded city, in which no one can move because everyone is in someone else's way. 

  • any paralysis of a complex system due to severe congestion, conflict, or deadlock. 

  • On a smaller scale: the situation in which cars enter a signal-controlled intersection too late during the green light cycle, and are unable to clear the intersection (due to congestion in the next block) when the light turns red, thus blocking the cross traffic when it's their turn to go. Repeated at enough intersections, this phenomenon can lead to citywide gridlock. 

verb
  • To cause traffic congestion. 

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