bottleneck
noun
[ ˈbɒt(ə)lnɛk ]
• the neck or mouth of a bottle.
• a narrow section of road or a junction that impedes traffic flow.
• "the bottleneck on Talbot Road"
Similar:
traffic jam,
jam,
congestion,
hold-up,
gridlock,
line,
tailback,
constriction,
narrowing,
restriction,
obstruction,
block,
blockage,
stoppage,
queue,
snarl-up,
• a device shaped like the neck of a bottle that is worn on a guitarist's finger and used to produce sliding effects on the strings.
• "I started using bottleneck on the guitar"
