Russian-English translations for зато́р

• gridlock
• bottleneck
  It is easy to create entries; processing the paperwork is the bottleneck
  The bottleneck in this computer program is the inefficient sorting process; we should replace it with a faster one
  The merge bottlenecked the traffic every morning
• jam
  A traffic jam caused us to miss the games first period.
  a jam of logs in a river
  We came up with some new ideas at the game jam.
• traffic jam