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Noun bottleneck has 1 sense

constriction, bottleneck, chokepoint - a narrowing that reduces the flow through a channel
--₁ is a kind of narrowing

Derived form: verb bottleneck₂

Verb bottleneck has 2 senses

bottleneck - slow down or impede by creating an obstruction; "His laziness has bottlenecked our efforts to reform the system"
--₁ is one way to obstruct, blockade, block, hinder, stymie, stymy, embarrass
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
bottleneck - become narrow, like a bottleneck; "Right by the bridge, the road bottlenecks"
--₂ is one way to narrow, contract

Derived form: noun bottleneck₁
Sample sentence:
Something ----s