Overview of noun bottleneck

The noun bottleneck has 2 senses

• constriction, bottleneck, chokepoint -- (a narrowing that reduces the flow through a channel)


• bottleneck -- (the narrow part of a bottle near the top)

Overview of verb bottleneck

The verb bottleneck has 2 senses

• bottleneck -- (slow down or impede by creating an obstruction; "His laziness has bottlenecked our efforts to reform the system")


• bottleneck -- (become narrow, like a bottleneck; "Right by the bridge, the road bottlenecks")