bottleneck
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bottleneck
noun bottlenecks
- The narrow portion that forms the pouring spout of a bottle; the neck of a bottle.
- A portion of a bottleneck placed on the finger and used as a guitar slide.
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In traffic, any narrowing of the road, especially resulting in a delay.
"Permissive" working allows more than one train to be in a block section at one time but trains must be run at low speed in order to stop on sight behind the train in front. Such working is often authorised to allow freight trains to "bunch" together to await a path through a bottleneck instead of b
Similar: chokepoint
- The part of a process that is too slow or cumbersome due to the lessening of available throughput. It is easy to create entries; processing the paperwork is the bottleneck.
verb bottlenecks · bottlenecking · bottlenecked
- To slow by causing a bottleneck. The merge bottlenecked the traffic every morning.
- To form a bottleneck. The traffic bottlenecked at the merge every morning.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: constriction, bottle, bottling, gully, jam, stopper, barrier, cork, pitfall, crunch, stranglehold, strangulation, congestion, plug, suffocation, mouth
Translations
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noun neck of a bottle
| Español | cuello de botella |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 瓶の首 bin no kubi |
| 中文 | 瓶頸 /瓶颈 píngjǐng |
| Português | gargalo |
| Français | goulot, goulot de bouteille, tête de bouteille |
| Deutsch | Flaschenhals |
| Italiano | collo di bottiglia |
| Русский | го́рлышко буты́лки górlyško butýlki, го́рлышко górlyško |
| العربية | عُنُق الزُّجَاجَة ʕunuq az-zujāja |
noun narrowing of the road, especially resulting in a delay
| Español | cuello, garganta, embotellamiento, boquerón, gollete, cuello de botella |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 隘路 airo |
| Português | engarrafamento |
| Deutsch | Engstelle, Flaschenhals, Engpass |
| Italiano | collo di bottiglia, strettoia, strozzatura, imbuto |
| Русский | суже́ние sužénije, у́зкий прохо́д úzkij proxód, у́зкое ме́сто úzkoje mésto, дефиле́ defilé |
noun part of a process that is too slow or cumbersome
| Español | cuello de botella, atasco |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | ボトルネック botorunekku, ネック nekku |
| 中文 | 耽誤 /耽误 dānwu |
| Português | gargalo |
| Français | goulet d'étranglement |
| Deutsch | Engpass, Flaschenhals |
| Italiano | collo di bottiglia, strettoia, strozzatura, imbuto |
| Русский | у́зкое ме́сто úzkoje mésto, про́бка próbka, зато́р zatór |
Talk about this word "bottleneck." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/bottleneck. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. bottleneck. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/bottleneck "bottleneck." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/bottleneck.Cite this
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