Dictionary definition · bottleneck
noun
- a narrowing that reduces the flow through a channel
- the narrow part of a bottle near the top
verb
- slow down or impede by creating an obstruction"His laziness has bottlenecked our efforts to reform the system"
- become narrow, like a bottleneck"Right by the bridge, the road bottlenecks"
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Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).