bottleneck
IPA: bˈɑtʌɫnɛk
noun
- The narrow portion that forms the pouring spout of a bottle; the neck of a bottle.
- (music) A portion of a bottleneck placed on the finger and used as a guitar slide.
- (figurative) In traffic, any narrowing of the road, especially resulting in a delay.
- (by extension) The part of a process that is too slow or cumbersome.
verb
- (transitive) To slow by causing a bottleneck.
- (intransitive) To form a bottleneck.
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