bottleneck
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4.6
- noun
- /ˈbɑːtəlˌnɛk/
:
cuello de botella
- In the manufacturing process, one machine malfunctioning can create a bottleneck that slows production down.
- avoid bottlenecks
- bureaucratic bottlenecks
- transportation bottlenecks
And we're trying to address that bottleneck by creating more opportunities.
- And we're trying to address that bottleneck by creating more opportunities.
- What you're seeking to do is to own a bottleneck, all right?
- So even if it's, you said bottleneck, I don't know if we'd become a bottleneck.
- What's the biggest bottleneck in the pipeline?
- Now with the opportunity also comes the beginnings of the bottleneck narrowing.
- And the reason why I say that is because right now we're experiencing a severe bottleneck in our, in our, our logistics.
- A relief or the remedy for a bottleneck situation is to create a streamlined pipeline.
- So if you're not your own bottleneck, you're in a position to be, to fulfill your potential.
- So potentially would have caused this bottleneck for all of them.
Examples
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Major problems in the process, like a 30-minute registration time, jump out as bottlenecks when represented graphically.
Academic text (2015) -
The Charles Bridge is being restored, and its usual pedestrian bottleneck is worse than ever.
Academic text (2008) -
And we're trying to address that bottleneck by creating more opportunities.
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Those are the places the bottleneck is which gave us the minimum cut.
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But then when they go online, the bottleneck is much harder and it's still sales.
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What's the biggest bottleneck in the pipeline?
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We conclude that the bottleneck is not the DTNs but either the network or local storage.
Academic text (2012) -
We haven't been allowed inside, Mark, but we're told there's a bottleneck of hundreds, perhaps thousands of people, waiting to go home.
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The river widened where it shoaled, then began narrowing into a bottleneck as the bend came up.
Fiction book (2001) -
This vital equipment for the distant fronts... is rushed across the continent... but finally jams up in the bottleneck of shipping.
Synonyms
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3.4
A thing or problem that makes it hard to reach a goal
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2.8
A thing that blocks movement or keeps places apart
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7.0
Something that stops or slows progress
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3.9
A problem that stops progress or makes a goal hard to reach
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4.4
A thing that blocks a passage like a pipe or artery
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4.1
Something that blocks a pipe or blood vessel and stops flow
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4.4
A problem that stops progress or makes moving forward difficult
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7.5
A situation where talks or plans cannot move forward because of a big problem
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6.5
A narrowing in a tube or pipe that reduces flow
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7.6
A narrow place where movement slows or stops
A big delay that stops or slows progress
Antonyms
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Morphology
Etymology
Bottleneck is easy to remember if you think of the thin neck of a bottle where liquid must pass slowly; that is why a bottleneck means a narrow place that slows or stops movement.