How to pronounce “bottleneck”

Meaning

• [Noun]
• The narrow portion that forms the pouring spout of a bottle; the neck of a bottle.
• (figurative) In traffic, any narrowing of the road, especially resulting in a delay.
• (by extension) The part of a process that is too slow or cumbersome.
• [Verb]
• (transitive) To slow by causing a bottleneck.
• (intransitive) To form a bottleneck.

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