Associations to the word «Bottleneck»

Pictures for the word «Bottleneck»

Wiktionary

BOTTLENECK, noun. The narrow portion that forms the pouring spout of a bottle; the neck of a bottle.
BOTTLENECK, noun. In traffic, any narrowing of the road, especially resulting in a delay.
BOTTLENECK, noun. Any delay; part of a process that is too slow or cumbersome.
BOTTLENECK, verb. (transitive) To slow by causing a bottleneck.
BOTTLENECK, verb. (intransitive) To form a bottleneck.
BOTTLENECK GUITAR, noun. (music) A technique of playing guitar by sliding a metal tube, or (originally) a glass bottleneck, along the guitar strings to alter the pitch.
BOTTLENECK GUITARS, noun. Plural of bottleneck guitar

Dictionary definition

BOTTLENECK, noun. A narrowing that reduces the flow through a channel.
BOTTLENECK, noun. The narrow part of a bottle near the top.
BOTTLENECK, verb. Slow down or impede by creating an obstruction; "His laziness has bottlenecked our efforts to reform the system".
BOTTLENECK, verb. Become narrow, like a bottleneck; "Right by the bridge, the road bottlenecks".

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King