Associations to the word «Bottleneck»

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

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".