Bottleneck — en métal. Sur les autres projets Wikimedia : « Bottleneck », sur le Wiktionnaire (dictionnaire universel) Un bottleneck est un tube souvent de verre ou de … Wikipédia en Français
bottleneck — bot‧tle‧neck [ˈbɒtlnek ǁ ˈbɑː ] noun [countable] a delay in one stage of a process that makes the whole process slower and more difficult: • He said the company would not be vulnerable to production bottlenecks because it has 10 subcontractors in … Financial and business terms
bottleneck — [bät′ lnek΄] n. 1. the neck of a bottle 2. any place, as a narrow road, where traffic is slowed up or halted 3. any point at which movement or progress is slowed up because much must be funneled through it [a bottleneck in production] adj. ☆… … English World dictionary
Bottleneck — Bot tle*neck 1. a location or situation in which otherwise rapid progress is impeded. [PJC] 2. a point at which road traffic slows due to congestion or narrowing of the roadway. [PJC] 3. an impasse. [PJC] 4. a narrowing. Syn: constriction.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
bottleneck — ottleneck v. t. same as {obstruct}; as, his laziness has bottlenecked our efforts to reform the system. [WordNet 1.5] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
bottleneck — ottleneck v. i. to become narrower as one approaches a point; said of roads; as, right by the bridge, the road bottlenecks. [WordNet 1.5] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
bottleneck — index blockade (barrier) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
bottleneck — also bttle neck, narrow entrance, spot where traffic becomes congested, 1896; from BOTTLE (Cf. bottle) (n.) + NECK (Cf. neck) (n.). Meaning anything which obstructs a flow is from 1922; the verb in this sense is from 1928 … Etymology dictionary
bottleneck — [n] obstacle barrier, block, blockage, clog, congestion, hindrance, hold up, impediment, jam, obstruction, snag, traffic jam; concepts 470,532,666,674 … New thesaurus
bottleneck — ► NOUN 1) the neck or mouth of a bottle. 2) a narrow section of road or a junction where traffic flow is restricted … English terms dictionary
