Defenition of the word bottleneck
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Defenition of the word bottleneck
- A narrow entrance or passageway.
- The narrow portion near the opening of a bottle.
- become narrow, like a bottleneck; "Right by the bridge, the road bottlenecks"
- slow down or impede by creating an obstruction; "His laziness has bottlenecked our efforts to reform the system"
- a narrowing that reduces the flow through a channel
- the narrow part of a bottle near the top
- become narrow, like a bottleneck
- slow down or impede by creating an obstruction
Synonyms for the word bottleneck
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- block
- blockage
- chokepoint
- constriction
- holdup
- jam
- log jam
- restricted access
- tailback
- traffic jam
Similar words in the bottleneck
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- bottleneck
- bottleneck's
- bottlenecks
Hypernyms for the word bottleneck
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- block
- blockade
- contract
- embarrass
- hinder
- narrow
- narrowing
- obstruct
- part
- portion
- stymie
- stymy
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