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bottleneck
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun bottleneck has 2 senses
- bottleneck(n = noun.shape) chokepoint, constriction - a narrowing that reduces the flow through a channel; Array is a kind of narrowing
- bottleneck(n = noun.artifact) Array - the narrow part of a bottle near the top; Array is a kind of part, portion
Derived form verb bottleneck2
Verb bottleneck has 2 senses
- bottleneck(v = verb.social) Array - slow down or impede by creating an obstruction; "His laziness has bottlenecked our efforts to reform the system" is one way to block, blockade, embarrass, hinder, obstruct, stymie, stymy
- bottleneck(v = verb.change) Array - become narrow, like a bottleneck; "Right by the bridge, the road bottlenecks" is one way to contract, narrow
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Derived form noun bottleneck1
Sample sentence:
Something ----s
CIDE DICTIONARY
bottleneck,
- a location or situation in which otherwise rapid progress is impeded. [PJC]
- a point at which road traffic slows due to congestion or narrowing of the roadway. [PJC]
- an impasse. [PJC]
- a narrowing. [WordNet 1.5]
bottleneck, v. t.
same as obstruct; as, his laziness has bottlenecked our efforts to reform the system. [WordNet 1.5]
bottleneck, v. i.
to become narrower as one approaches a point; -- said of roads; as, right by the bridge, the road bottlenecks. [WordNet 1.5]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
bottleneck, n.
1 a point at which the flow of traffic, production, etc., is constricted.
2 a narrow place causing constriction.
1 a point at which the flow of traffic, production, etc., is constricted.
2 a narrow place causing constriction.
THESAURUS
bottleneck
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, coarctation, collision course, compactedness, compaction, compression, compressure, concentralization, concentration, concourse, concurrence, condensation, confluence, conflux, congestion, congress, consolidation, constipation, constriction, constringency, contraction, contracture, convergence, converging, cordon, costiveness, crossing, cul-de-sac, curtailment, curtain, dead end, decrease, defile, determent, deterrent, difficulty, diminuendo, drawback, embolism, embolus, focalization, focus, funnel, gorge, hang-up, hazard, hitch, hourglass, hourglass figure, hub, hurdle, impasse, impediment, infarct, infarction, isthmus, jam, joker, knitting, meeting, mutual approach, narrow, narrow place, narrowing, narrowing gap, narrows, neck, objection, obstacle, obstipation, obstruction, obstructive, one small difficulty, pass, puckering, pursing, radius, reduction, rub, sealing off, shortening, snag, solidification, spokes, stop, stoppage, strait, stranglement, strangulation, striction, stricture, stumbling block, stumbling stone, systole, tangent, throat, wasp waist, wrinkling
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