[bot-l-nek] 
| 1. | a narrow entrance or passageway. |
| 2. | a place or stage in a process at which progress is impeded. |
| 3. | Also called slide guitar. a method of guitar playing that produces a gliding sound by pressing a metal bar or glass tube against the strings. |
| 4. | to hamper or confine by or as if by a bottleneck. |
| 5. | to become hindered by or as if by a bottleneck. |
| bot·tle·neck (bŏt'l-něk') n.
To slow down or impede by creating an obstruction. |
| Main Entry: | bottleneck |
| Part of Speech: | n |
| Definition: | See slide guitar |
The point at which an industry or economic system has to slow its growth because one or more of its components cannot keep up with demand.
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