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bottleneck

bottleneck

1 4.6
The narrow top part of a bottle where liquid pours out
  • noun
  • /ˈbɑtəlnɛk/
translation icon : cuello de la botella
  • He carefully poured the wine from the bottle through the bottleneck to avoid spills.

Examples

  • The last prayer had been prayed out of it some time ago, judging by the uncapped screwtop bottleneck.

    Fiction book (2002)

  • Stiff-legged corks squeaked loose from bottlenecks where they'd stood guard since noon.

    Fiction book (1990)

  • All it would have taken to loosen up the bottleneck was for one person to stop and remove the object.

    Academic text (1994)

  • Electronic images eliminated the bottleneck that had resulted from checks being in only one place at a time.

    Academic text (2005)

  • Glasses are formed by cutting the base from the bottle and reattaching it to the bottleneck or mouth.

    Academic text (2000)

  • The narrow bottleneck at the top of the bottle made it difficult to pour out the sauce.

  • To fill the glass, she tilted the bottle and guided the liquid through the bottleneck.

Synonyms

spout
vsbottleneck
22 2.7

A tube or opening on a container that lets liquid pour out

is the narrow top part of a container that controls pouring flow
chokepoint
vsbottleneck
1 7.6

A narrow place where movement slows or stops

is a narrow area near a container's top used to pour out contents

Surface Forms

bottleneck singular
bottlenecks plural

Morphology

bottleneck = bottle + neck (transparent) = bottle + neck

Literal compound whose meaning is the narrow part of a bottle; the parts combine in a directly predictable way.

Etymology

Bottleneck comes from bottle + neck, the thin top part that controls how you 'pour out' a drink, so it literally names the narrow part of a bottle.