American English pronunciation
How to pronounce bottleneck
IPA transcription: ['bɑtəl,nɛk]
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Noun
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a narrowing that reduces the flow through a channel
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the narrow part of a bottle near the top
Verb
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slow down or impede by creating an obstruction
“His laziness has bottlenecked our efforts to reform the system”
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become narrow, like a bottleneck
“Right by the bridge, the road bottlenecks”
Usage examples
- The town was once a major traffic bottleneck.
- Bottlenecks may need to be taken into account when scheduling.
- The three interchanges work together by eliminating bottlenecks caused by redundant interchanges.
- Network theory was found recently useful to identify bottlenecks in city traffic.
- Other research has cast doubt on a link between Toba and a genetic bottleneck.
- These reflections also act as bottlenecks, preventing the signal power from reaching the destination.