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bot·tle·neck
 bottleneck
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- pronunciation:
- ba
t
 l
nek
- parts of speech:
- noun, transitive verb & intransitive verb
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun)
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
any narrow entrance or passageway.
The freeway entrance is a traffic bottleneck.- synonyms:
- aisle, neck, passageway
- similar words:
- artery, channel, corridor, hall, hallway, stripe
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| definition 2: |
a stage in a process where progress is retarded or blocked.
The equipment failure caused a bottleneck in the assembly line.- synonyms:
- blockage, obstruction
- similar words:
- slowdown, stoppage
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| definition 3: |
a style of guitar playing in which the neck of a bottle or a metal tube is slid up and down the strings.
- similar words:
- slide, steel guitar
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| related words: |
jam, narrow |
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| part of speech: |
transitive verb & intransitive verb |
| inflections: |
bottlenecks, bottlenecking, bottlenecked |
| definition: |
to impede or confine, or be hindered, as by a bottleneck.
- synonyms:
- bar, block, clog, clot, hinder, impede
- similar words:
- congest, stick, trap
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| related words: |
obstruct, occlude |
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