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How to use bottleneck in a sentence

12 example sentences · noun, verb

Bottleneck means the narrow portion that forms the pouring spout of a bottle; the neck of a bottle. Example: “It is easy to create entries; processing the paperwork is the bottleneck.”

Examples of bottleneck by meaning

nounIn traffic, any narrowing of the road, especially resulting in a delay.

  • Such working is often authorised to allow freight trains to "bunch" together to await a path through a bottleneck instead of being strung out over several block sections, as would be necessary if absolute working were in force.1962 October, “Talking of Trains: The collisions at Connington”, in Modern Railways, page 232

nounThe part of a process that is too slow or cumbersome due to the lessening of available throughput.

  • It is easy to create entries; processing the paperwork is the bottleneck.
  • The bottleneck in this computer program is the inefficient sorting process; we should replace it with a faster one.

verbTo slow by causing a bottleneck.

  • The merge bottlenecked the traffic every morning.

verbTo form a bottleneck.

  • The traffic bottlenecked at the merge every morning.

More sentences with bottleneck

  • The real bottleneck now, Ritchie argues, isn’t technology so much as belief.2025 November 2, Sean Illing, “We can have growth while fighting climate change. How to change your mind on the climate’s future…. From the entry decarbonize
  • Water shortage has become a bottleneck for the economic development of Dunhuang, Gansu Province.2014 April 8, “The endless dry spells of Dunhuang”, in China Internet Information Center, archived from the original on 24 May 2021. From the entry Zhuanqukou
  • To handle the unceasing traffic increase, immense sums of money are being expended in dealing with bottlenecks.1962 December, “Beyond the Channel: Switzerland: Federal Railways' progress”, in Modern Railways, page 416. From the entry unceasing
  • Infodemiology can also be used to map information distribution and use patterns which can reveal bottlenecks in information flow.2014, Tom Kwanya, Christine Stilwell, Peter Underwood -, Library 3.0: Intelligent Libraries and Apomediation, page 131. From the entry infodemiology
  • The headquarters router and port connection can become bottlenecks.2002, Regis J. (Bud) Bates, “Frame Relay”, in Broadband Telecommunications Handbook (McGraw-Hill Telecommunications), 2nd edition, New…. From the entry tandem
  • So the bottleneck is on the one hand the extraction of the DNA and on the other hand the amplifiability of the isolated DNA.2015 August 8, “Molecular and Immunohistochemical Characterization of Historical Long-Term Preserved Fixed Tissues from Different Human…. From the entry amplifiability
  • The problem is a "technical bottleneck," Post (whose name rhymes with cost) told the audience at the Riverside Studios in West London.2013 August 5, Catherine Mayer, “Meet 'Schmeat': Say Hello to the Stem-Cell Hamburger”, in Time, New York, N.Y.: Time Inc., →ISSN, →OCLC…. From the entry shmeat

Meaning of bottleneck

  1. noun The narrow portion that forms the pouring spout of a bottle; the neck of a bottle.
  2. noun A portion of a bottleneck placed on the finger and used as a guitar slide.
  3. noun In traffic, any narrowing of the road, especially resulting in a delay.

Full definition of bottleneck

Questions about bottleneck in a sentence

How do you use bottleneck in a sentence?
Bottleneck is used as a noun and verb. For example: “It is easy to create entries; processing the paperwork is the bottleneck.”
What is a short sentence with bottleneck?
“The merge bottlenecked the traffic every morning.”
What does bottleneck mean?
Bottleneck means the narrow portion that forms the pouring spout of a bottle; the neck of a bottle.

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