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The Meaning of bottleneck

  • (noun) the narrow part of a bottle near the top
  • (noun) a narrowing that reduces the flow through a channel
  • (verb) become narrow, like a bottleneck; "Right by the bridge, the road bottlenecks"
  • (verb) slow down or impede by creating an obstruction; "His laziness has bottlenecked our efforts to reform the system"

Synonyms

constriction , chokepoint , tightness , coarctation , obstruct , blockade , block , hinder , stymie , stymy , embarrass

Rhymes

aztec , baek , bec , beck , bedeck , biotech , blech , bleck , bo-shek , breakneck , breck , brekke , brubeck , cech , check , chek , cheque , czech , dec , dech , deck , dehecq , discotheque , domecq , dreck , dubcek , dweck , eck , ek , exec , feck , fleck , francek , frech , freck , gacek , geck , heck , henpeck , jacek , jech , keck , kleck , krech , labrecque , lech , leck , lek , lubeck , macek , mcpeck , mech , meck , nec , neck , opec , parsec , paycheck , pech , peck , placek , polytech , ptacek , quarterdeck , quebec , quek , rec , receptech , rech , recheck , reck , redneck , ringneck , roughneck , rubeck , scheck , schmeck , schneck , schreck , sec , sheck , shek , shreck , sneck , spec , speck , stec , stech , steck , streck , teaneck , tec , tech , teck , tek , trek , turtleneck , vacek , vanek , vanhecke , vanvleck , vasotec , weck , whelk , wnek , wreck , yeck , zacek , zech , zeck