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bottleneck

English

  1. 🔊 the narrow part of a bottle near the top
  2. 🔊 a narrowing that reduces the flow through a channel
  3. 🔊 become narrow, like a bottleneck
    “Right by the bridge, the road bottlenecks”
  4. 🔊 slow down or impede by creating an obstruction
    “His laziness has bottlenecked our efforts to reform the system”

Spanish

  1. 🔊 cuello de botella bottleneck
  2. 🔊 embotellamiento bottleneck

Similar words

constriction chokepoint abbreviation approach astriction astringency asymptote bar barrier blank wall blind alley blind gut block blockade blockage canal catch cecum cervix channel choking choking off circumscription clog