transcription, транскрипция: [ bɒt(ə)lnek ]
( bottlenecks)
1.
A bottleneck is a place where a road becomes narrow or where it meets another road so that the traffic slows down or stops, often causing traffic jams.
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2.
A bottleneck is a situation that stops a process or activity from progressing.
He pushed everyone full speed ahead until production hit a bottleneck.
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