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bottleneck

/ bottleneck /

verb/noun

verb Sense 1

become narrow, like a bottleneck

"Right by the bridge, the road bottlenecks"

Type of:

narrow contract

Derived:

constriction chokepoint

Usage Patterns:

Somebody ----s

verb Sense 2

slow down or impede by creating an obstruction

"His laziness has bottlenecked our efforts to reform the system"

Type of:

obstruct blockade block

Usage Patterns:

Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something

Somebody ----s somebody PP

noun Sense 3

a narrowing that reduces the flow through a channel

Type of:

narrowing

Derived:

constrict constringe narrow

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