BOTTLENECK

18
Scrabble
22
WWF
B(3) O(1) T(1) T(1) L(1) E(1) N(1) E(1) C(3) K(5)
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Definition

noun
  1. The narrow portion that forms the pouring spout of a bottle; the neck of a bottle.
  2. In traffic, any narrowing of the road, especially resulting in a delay.
  3. (by extension) The part of a process that is too slow or cumbersome.
    “It is easy to create entries; processing the paperwork is the bottleneck.”
verb
  1. To slow by causing a bottleneck.
    “The merge bottlenecked the traffic every morning.”
  2. To form a bottleneck.
    “The traffic bottlenecked at the merge every morning.”

Source: Wiktionary

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Back hooks: BOTTLENECK-S

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