Definitions of bottleneck [ˈbɒt lˌnɛk]

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Definition of 'bottleneck'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) bottleneck
a narrow passageway.

2. bottleneck
a stage at which progress is impeded.

3. bottleneck
a method of guitar playing that produces a gliding sound by pressing a metal bar or glass tube against the strings.

4. (v.t.) bottleneck
to hamper or confine by or as if by a bottleneck.

5. (v.i.) bottleneck
to become hindered by or as if by a bottleneck.

Etymology: (1900–10)

Definition of 'bottleneck'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) constriction, bottleneck, chokepoint
a narrowing that reduces the flow through a channel

2. (verb) bottleneck
the narrow part of a bottle near the top

3. (verb) bottleneck
slow down or impede by creating an obstruction
"His laziness has bottlenecked our efforts to reform the system"

4. (verb) bottleneck
become narrow, like a bottleneck
"Right by the bridge, the road bottlenecks"

Translation of 'bottleneck'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: a place where slowing down or stopping of traffic, progress etc occurs a bottleneck caused by roadworks.
Afrikaans: bottelnek	Arabic: عُنْقُ الزُّجاجه، مُخْتَن	Bulgarian: стеснение на път
Brazilian: engarrafamento	Czech: zúžení, dopravní zácpa	German: der Engpaß
Danish: flaskehals	Greek: σημείο που προκαλεί μποτι	Spanish: embotellamiento
Estonian: kitsaskoht	Farsi: محلی که رفت و آمد در آن م	Finnish: pullonkaula
French: bouchon	Hebrew: צְוָואר בַּקבּוּק	Hindi: संकीर्ण स्थान, मार्गावरोध
Croatian: usko grlo	Hungarian: útszűkület	Indonesian: kemacetan
Icelandic: flöskustútur, umferðastíf	Italian: strettoia, strozzatura	Japanese: 隘路
Korean: 교통 체증이 생기는 지점	Lithuanian: (kelio) siauruma, pralaid	Latvian: (satiksmes) sastrēgums; š
Malay: bersesak-sesak	Dutch: knelpunt	Norwegian: flaskehals
Polish: wąskie gardło, korek ulic	Persian: محلی که رفت و آمد در آن م	Pashto: هغه ځای چی په هغه کی تګ ا
Portuguese: engarrafamento	Romanian: ambuteiaj	Russian: пробка, узкий проезд
Slovak: dopravná zápcha	Slovenian: zamašek	Serbian: usko grlo
Swedish: flaskhals	Thai: ถนนส่วนที่มีการจราจรติดขั	Turkish: dar geçit
Taiwanese: 瓶頸	Ukrainian: пробка	Urdu: رکاوٹ ، اڑچن
Vietnamese: nút cổ chai	Chinese: 瓶颈
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