Definition of Bottleneck
Bottleneck
bot·tle·neck
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(noun)
A narrowing of a road that causes traffic to slow or stop in a jam;
e.g. The merging onto the highway created a bottleneck.
(verb)
to slow or halt by causing a bottleneck;
e.g. They would bottleneck their progress in order to slow down the court hearing to gather more evidence.
(noun)
a place or condition where improvement or movement is held up;
e.g. The halt of the upcoming policy change was due to a bottleneck in their administration department.
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