'Bottleneck' definitions:
Definition of 'bottleneck'
From: WordNet
noun
A narrowing that reduces the flow through a channel [syn: constriction, bottleneck, chokepoint]
noun
The narrow part of a bottle near the top
verb
Slow down or impede by creating an obstruction; "His laziness has bottlenecked our efforts to reform the system"
verb
Become narrow, like a bottleneck; "Right by the bridge, the road bottlenecks"
Definition of 'Bottleneck'
From: GCIDE
- Bottleneck \Bot"tle*neck`\
- 1. a location or situation in which otherwise rapid progress is impeded. [PJC]
- 2. a point at which road traffic slows due to congestion or narrowing of the roadway. [PJC]
- 3. an impasse. [PJC]
- 4. a narrowing.
- Syn: constriction. [WordNet 1.5]
Definition of 'bottleneck'
From: GCIDE
- bottleneck \bottleneck\ v. i. to become narrower as one approaches a point; -- said of roads; as, right by the bridge, the road bottlenecks. [WordNet 1.5]
Definition of 'bottleneck'
From: GCIDE
- bottleneck \bottleneck\ v. t. same as obstruct; as, his laziness has bottlenecked our efforts to reform the system. [WordNet 1.5]
Synonyms of 'bottleneck'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abbreviation,
- approach,
- astriction,
- astringency,
- asymptote,
- bar,
- barrier,
- blank wall,
- blind alley,
- blind gut,
- block,
- blockade,
- blockage,
- canal,
- catch,
- cecum,
- cervix,
- channel,
- choking,
- choking off,
- circumscription,
- clog,
- coarctation,
- collision course,
- compactedness,
- compaction,
- compression,
- compressure,
- concentralization,
- concentration,
- concourse,
- concurrence,
- condensation,
- confluence,
- conflux,
- congestion,
- congress,
- consolidation,
- constipation,
- constriction,
- constringency,
- contraction,
- contracture,
- convergence,
- converging,
- cordon,
- costiveness,
- crossing,
- cul-de-sac,
- curtailment,
- curtain,
- dead end,
- decrease,
- defile,
- determent,
- deterrent,
- difficulty,
- diminuendo,
- drawback,
- embolism,
- embolus,
- focalization,
- focus,
- funnel,
- gorge,
- hang-up,
- hazard,
- hitch,
- hourglass,
- hourglass figure,
- hub,
- hurdle,
- impasse,
- impediment,
- infarct,
- infarction,
- isthmus,
- jam,
- joker,
- knitting,
- meeting,
- mutual approach,
- narrow,
- narrow place,
- narrowing,
- narrowing gap,
- narrows,
- neck,
- objection,
- obstacle,
- obstipation,
- obstruction,
- obstructive,
- one small difficulty,
- pass,
- puckering,
- pursing,
- radius,
- reduction,
- rub,
- sealing off,
- shortening,
- snag,
- solidification,
- spokes,
- stop,
- stoppage,
- strait,
- stranglement,
- strangulation,
- striction,
- stricture,
- stumbling block,
- stumbling stone,
- systole,
- tangent,
- throat,
- wasp waist,
- wrinkling