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Bottleneck   /bˈɑtəlnˌɛk/   Listen
Bottleneck

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



... 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



Words linked to "Bottleneck" :   hinder, narrowing, contract, stymie, block, embarrass, part, obstruct, portion, narrow, blockade, stymy



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