English to English
bottleneck
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noun (n)
- a narrowing that reduces the flow through a channel(noun.shape)source: wordnet30
- the narrow part of a bottle near the top(noun.artifact)source: wordnet30
verb (v)
- slow down or impede by creating an obstruction(verb.social)Example:
His laziness has bottlenecked our efforts to reform the system.
source: wordnet30 - become narrow, like a bottleneck(verb.change)Example:
Right by the bridge, the road bottlenecks.
source: wordnet30