clog intake

Frequency: 4.02.8 per million words

Refers to blocking an opening where a substance enters a machine or system.

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  • Leaves and debris can easily clog the air intake of your car.
  • The build-up of sediment completely clogged the water intake for the pump.
  • If you don't clean it, the filter will eventually clog the intake.
  • The engine's intake was clogged with dust from the desert road.
  • A build-up of algae is known to clog the cooling intake on boat motors.
  • We discovered that plastic fragments had clogged the machine's primary intake valve.
  • Did you check to see if seaweed has clogged the boat's engine intake?
  • Be careful not to clog the vacuum cleaner's intake with large objects.
  • The machine will overheat if hair clogs the ventilation intake.
  • The excessive pollen in the air has clogged the air conditioner's intake.