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bottleneck
/ˈbɒtlnek/ noun [C]Definition
PROBLEM › something that causes a process to happen more slowly than it should
ROAD › a narrow part of a road where traffic moves slowly
(Definition of bottleneck noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary
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