bottleneck
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adjective \ˈbä-təl-ˌnek\Definition of BOTTLENECK
: narrow <bottleneck harbors>
First Known Use of BOTTLENECK
1896
Rhymes with BOTTLENECK
afterdeck, à la grecque, biotech, bodycheck, cashier's check, Chiang Kai-shek, countercheck, demi-sec, discotheque, double-check, double-deck, hunt-and-peck, leatherneck, littleneck, nanotech, neck and neck, New Quebec, Pont l'Évêque, quarterdeck, rubber check, rubberneck, shepherd's check, triple sec, turtleneck, weather deck, Yucatec, Zapotec
2bottleneck
nounDefinition of BOTTLENECK
1
a : a narrow route b : a point of traffic congestion
2
a : someone or something that retards or halts free movement and progress b : impasse c : a dramatic reduction in the size of a population (as of a species) that results in a decrease in genetic variation
3
: a style of guitar playing in which glissando effects are produced by sliding an object (as a knife blade or the neck of a bottle) along the strings —called also bottleneck guitar
See Examples of BOTTLENECK
- Bridge construction has created a bottleneck on the southern part of Main Street.
- All decisions must be approved by the committee, and this is where the company runs into bottlenecks.
First Known Use of BOTTLENECK
1907
3bottleneck
transitive verbDefinition of BOTTLENECK
: to slow or halt by causing a bottleneck
First Known Use of BOTTLENECK
1933
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