bottleneck
bo
bɑ:
baa
ttle
təl
tēl
neck
nɛk
nek
/bˈɒtə‌lˌnɛk/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "bottleneck"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻŦā§‹āϤāϞāϘāĻžāĻĄāĻŧ, āϏāĻ‚āϕ⧀āĻ°ā§āĻŖāϤāĻž

a narrowing that reduces the flow through a channel
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āĻŦā§‹āϤāϞ⧇āϰ āĻ—āϞāĻž, āϏāĻ‚āϕ⧀āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻ…āĻ‚āĻļ

the narrow part of a bottle near the top
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āĻŦā§‹āϤāϞāϘāĻžāĻĄāĻŧ, āĻœā§āϝāĻžāĻŽ

a place where vehicles slow down or stop because the road narrows or there is an obstruction
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Construction work on the bridge caused a significant bottleneck this morning.
āϏ⧇āϤ⧁āϰ āωāĻĒāϰ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŽāĻžāĻŖ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āφāϜ āϏāĻ•āĻžāϞ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āωāĻ˛ā§āϞ⧇āĻ–āϝ⧋āĻ—ā§āϝ āĻŦā§‹āϤāϞāϘāĻžāĻĄāĻŧ āϏ⧃āĻˇā§āϟāĻŋ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻŦā§‹āϤāϞ⧇āϰ āĻ—āϞāĻžāϰ āĻŽāϤ⧋ āϏāĻ‚āϕ⧀āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻŦā§‹āϤāϞ⧇āϰ āĻ—āϞāĻžāϰ āφāĻ•āĻžāϰ⧇ āϏāĻ‚āϕ⧀āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

become narrow, like a bottleneck
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āϧ⧀āϰ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻŦāĻžāϧāĻž āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

slow down or impede by creating an obstruction
LanGeek
āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāĻĒ āĻĄāĻžāωāύāϞ⧋āĻĄ āĻ•āϰ⧁āύ