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bottleneck
/ˈbɒtəlˌnɛk/
noun
A narrow point that slows down the whole process.
- “The single bridge created a bottleneck for traffic into the city.”Toofey
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Source: Written for Toofey (original); IPA generated with eSpeak NG (GPL-3.0 (software))