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bottleneck

Pronunciation: /ˈbɒt(ə)lnɛk/
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Definition of bottleneck

noun

  • 1the neck or mouth of a bottle.
  • 2a narrow section of road or a junction that impedes traffic flow: the bottleneck on Talbot Road
  • a situation that causes delay in a process or system: animated films are still stymied by a technological bottleneck
  • 3a device shaped like the neck of a bottle that is worn on a guitarist’s finger and used to produce sliding effects on the strings: [mass noun]:I started using bottleneck on the guitar
  • (also bottleneck guitar) [mass noun] the style of playing that uses a bottleneck: it is the perfect instrument for playing bottleneck

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