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BOTTLENECK - Definiția din dicționar

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Bot"tle*neck`. 1. a location or situation in which otherwise rapid progress is impeded.
[PJC]

2. a point at which road traffic slows due to congestion or narrowing of the roadway.
[PJC]

3. an impasse.
[PJC]

4. a narrowing.
Syn. -- constriction.
[WordNet 1.5]

 

bottleneck v. t. same as obstruct; as, his laziness has bottlenecked our efforts to reform the system.
[WordNet 1.5]

 

bottleneck v. i. to become narrower as one approaches a point; -- said of roads; as, right by the bridge, the road bottlenecks.
[WordNet 1.5]