bottleneck
noun/ˈbɒtlnek/
/ˈbɑːtlnek/
- a narrow or busy section of road where the traffic often gets slower and stops
- He drove around the outside of the town to avoid the bottleneck in the centre.
- a traffic bottleneck
- Opponents argue that the traffic lights would cause a bottleneck at the junction.
- anything that delays development or progress, particularly in business or industry
- to create/eliminate bottlenecks in the manufacturing process
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