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Entry 6 senses · 3 variants Webster, 1913

Bottleneck

· Bot·tle·neck · IPA /bˈɑtəlnˌɛk/
01 a location or situation in which otherwise rapid progress is impeded.
  1. 1.
    a location or situation in which otherwise rapid progress is impeded.
  2. 2.
    a point at which road traffic slows due to congestion or narrowing of the roadway.
  3. 3.
    an impasse.
  4. 4.
    a narrowing.
Syn. constriction.
02 v. t. same as obstruct; as, his laziness has bottlenecked our efforts to reform the system.
  1. 1.
    same as obstruct; as, his laziness has bottlenecked our efforts to reform the system. See: obstruct
03 v. i. to become narrower as one approaches a point; -- said of roads; as, right by the bridge, the road bottlenecks.
  1. 1.
    to become narrower as one approaches a point; -- said of roads; as, right by the bridge, the road bottlenecks.