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Meaning of
bottleneck
in English
bottleneck
us
/ˈbɑtəlneʃ/
uk
/ˈbɒtəlnek/
#common
Plural
bottlenecks
Past Tense
bottlenecked
Participle Verb
bottlenecking
Third Person Singular
bottlenecks
Definitions
Noun
traffic
congestion
point
;
road
narrowing
slow
or
limiting
part
of
a
process
narrow
part
of
a
bottle
;
guitar
slide
The
engineer
identified
the
bottleneck
in
the
production
line
.
narrow
part
of
a
bottle
(
pouring
spout
)
The
bottleneck
of
the
perfume
bottle
was
delicate
.
glass
tube
used
as
a
guitar
slide
The
musician
used
a
bottleneck
as
a
slide
to
create
a
unique
sound
.
Verb
to
slow
or
block
progress
The
company's
expansion
was
bottlenecked
by
limited
funding
.
to
form
a
congested
area
Traffic
began
to
bottleneck
at
the
intersection
during
rush
hour
.
Base Words
bottle
neck
