bottleneck
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a narrowing that reduces the flow through a channel
Types & categories
- narrowing hypernym
Related & opposite
- constringe derivation
- bottleneck derivation
Sense 2 verb
slow down or impede by creating an obstruction
His laziness has bottlenecked our efforts to reform the system
Types & categories
- blockade hypernym
Sense 3 noun
the narrow part of a bottle near the top
Types & categories
- part hypernym
Sense 4 verb
become narrow, like a bottleneck
Right by the bridge, the road bottlenecks
Types & categories
- narrow hypernym
Related & opposite
- constriction derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | constringe |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | bottleneck |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | narrowing |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | blockade |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | part |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | constriction |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | narrow |