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Bottleneck

The narrow portion that forms the pouring spout of a bottle; the neck of a bottle.

📖 Definitions of "Bottleneck"

noun

1
The narrow portion that forms the pouring spout of a bottle; the neck of a bottle.
2
In traffic, any narrowing of the road, especially resulting in a delay.
3
(by extension) The part of a process that is too slow or cumbersome.
"It is easy to create entries; processing the paperwork is the bottleneck."

verb

1
To slow by causing a bottleneck.
"The merge bottlenecked the traffic every morning."
2
To form a bottleneck.
"The traffic bottlenecked at the merge every morning."

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