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.
Advertisement
Examples of "bottleneck" in Sentences
- The bottleneck appears to be at the review stage.
- The Common Tunnel is the bottleneck of the subway system.
- Most of the individual articles are that type of bottleneck.
- The downstream front is no longer located at the bottleneck.
- One main bottleneck is the process of purifying the silicon.
- Of particular concern is the effect of a population bottleneck.
- The famous rotunda was said to be a bottleneck in the concourse.
- The bottleneck of these Cohanim DNA have the coalescence to Pinchas.
- Love the idea of the bottleneck on the thumb for steel, never thought of it.
- It is possible to pass the Bottleneck by rock climbing the cliffs on the left.
Advertisement
Advertisement