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• bottleneck — [bät′ lnek΄] n. 1. the neck of a bottle 2. any place, as a narrow road, where traffic is slowed up or halted 3. any point at which movement or progress is slowed up because much must be funneled through it [a bottleneck in production] adj. ☆… …   English World dictionary

• Bottleneck — 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.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• bottleneck — ottleneck v. i. to become narrower as one approaches a point; said of roads; as, right by the bridge, the road bottlenecks. [WordNet 1.5] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• bottleneck — ► NOUN 1) the neck or mouth of a bottle. 2) a narrow section of road or a junction where traffic flow is restricted …   English terms dictionary

• Bottleneck — For other uses, see Bottleneck (disambiguation). A bottleneck is a phenomenon where the performance or capacity of an entire system is limited by a single or limited number of components or resources. The term bottleneck is taken from the assets… …   Wikipedia

• bottleneck — [[t]bɒ̱t(ə)lnek[/t]] bottlenecks 1) N COUNT A bottleneck is a place where a road becomes narrow or where it meets another road so that the traffic slows down or stops, often causing traffic jams. 2) N COUNT A bottleneck is a situation that stops… …   English dictionary

• bottleneck — 1. noun a) The narrow portion that forms the pouring spout of a bottle; the neck of a bottle. It is easy to create entries; processing the paperwork is the bottleneck. b) In traffic, any narrowing of the road, especially resulting in a delay. The …   Wiktionary

• Road — This article is about a route, thoroughfare or way that supports travel by a means of conveyance. For a place outside a harbor where a ship can lie at anchor, see Roadstead. For public roads, see Highway. For other routes, see thoroughfare. For… …   Wikipedia

• Bottleneck (traffic) — Metaphorically a bottleneck is a section of a route with a carrying capacity substantially below that characterising other sections of the same route. This is often a narrow part of a road, perhaps also with a smaller number of lanes, or a… …   Wikipedia

• bottleneck — UK [ˈbɒt(ə)lˌnek] / US [ˈbɑt(ə)lˌnek] noun [countable] Word forms bottleneck : singular bottleneck plural bottlenecks 1) a specific problem in part of a process, that causes delays to the whole process bottlenecks in production, resulting from a… …   English dictionary

• bottleneck — bot|tle|neck [ˈbɔtlnek US ˈba: ] n 1.) a place in a road where the traffic cannot pass easily, so that there are a lot of delays 2.) a delay in one stage of a process that makes the whole process take longer ▪ Understaffing has caused a real… …   Dictionary of contemporary English