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Bottleneck   /bˈɑtəlnˌɛk/   Listen
Bottleneck

noun
1.
A narrowing that reduces the flow through a channel.  Synonyms: chokepoint, constriction.
2.
The narrow part of a bottle near the top.
verb
1.
Slow down or impede by creating an obstruction.
2.
Become narrow, like a bottleneck.





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"Bottleneck" Quotes from Famous Books



... about the Stretts or the Navy. It was the First Team. It was the bottleneck that was slowing everything down to a crawl ... but they knew that. They knew it better than anyone else could, and felt it more keenly. Especially Karns, the team chief. He had been driving himself like a dog, ...
— Masters of Space • Edward Elmer Smith
... fairly be described as backwaters there is none that answers so completely to the description as Arundell Street, Leicester Square. Passing along the north sidewalk of the square, just where it joins Piccadilly, you hardly notice the bottleneck opening of the tiny cul-de-sac. Day and night the human flood roars past, ignoring it. Arundell Street is less than forty yards in length; and, though there are two hotels in it, they are not fashionable hotels. It ...
— Something New • Pelham Grenville Wodehouse
... the finger and, after a few questions, made out the spot she was indicating. It was a broad peninsula, about two miles distant. Three of its sides rose sheer out of a lake of air, the bottom of which was invisible; its fourth was a bottleneck, joining it to the mainland. It was overgrown with bright vegetation, distinct in the brilliant atmosphere. A single tall tree, shooting up in the middle of the peninsula, dwarfed everything else; it was wide and ...
— A Voyage to Arcturus • David Lindsay
... around the end of the bar, the bartender stood over Kregg, holding the jagged-edged bottleneck in ...
— The Jupiter Weapon • Charles Louis Fontenay
... striking spectacle with which I conclude this chapter. This time, the dish is a magnificent Aesculapius' snake, a yard and a half long and as thick as a wide bottleneck. Because of its size, which exceeds the dimensions of my pan, I roll the reptile in a double spiral, or in two storeys. When the copious joint is in full process of dissolution, the pan becomes a puddle wherein wallow, in countless numbers, the grubs of ...
— The Life of the Fly - With Which are Interspersed Some Chapters of Autobiography • J. Henri Fabre


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