bottleneck
English
noun
Definitions
- The narrow portion that forms the pouring spout of a bottle; the neck of a bottle.
- (figurative) In traffic, any narrowing of the road, especially resulting in a delay.
- (by extension) The part of a process that is too slow or cumbersome.
Etymology
Compound from English bottle + English neck (drink very quickly).
Origin
English
neck
Gloss
drink very quickly
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Bottlegate English
- antibottleneck English
- bluebottle English
- boatneck English
- bootneck English
- bottle English
- bottle jaw English
- bottle-o English
- bottleable English
- bottlebrush English
- bottlecap English
- bottled English
- bottlefeeder English
- bottlefish English
- bottlefly English
- bottleful English
- bottlehead English
- bottleholder English
- bottlelike English
- bottlenose English
- bottlenosed English
- bottler English
- bottlescrew English
- bottlesworth English
- bottletree English
- bottlewasher English
- bottlo English
- breakneck English
- bullneck English
- butler English
- cokebottle English
- cowlneck English
- crewneck English
- crookneck English
- debottleneck English
- embottle English
- fiddleneck English
- foreneck English
- gooseneck English
- greenbottle English
- halterneck English
- hindneck English
- leatherneck English
- limberneck English
- littleneck English
- longneck English
- microbottle English
- midneck English
- multibottle English
- neck English
- neckache English
- neckband English
- neckbeard English
- neckbeef English
- neckbiter English
- neckbone English
- neckbrace English
- neckcloth English
- neckdown English
- necked English
- necker English
- neckerchief English
- neckful English
- neckgear English
- necklace English
- neckland English
- neckless English
- necklet English
- necklike English
- neckline English
- necklock English
- neckmold English
- neckmould English
- neckpiece English
- neckplate English
- neckroll English
- neckspring English
- neckstrap English
- necktie English
- neckwarmer English
- neckwear English
- neckweed English
- neckyoke English
- neknomination English
- pencil-neck English
- pencilneck English
- polo-neck English
- postbottleneck English
- prebottleneck English
- rebottle English
- red-necked buzzard English
- redneck English
- renecked English
- ring-neck English
- ringneck English
- rollneck English
- roughneck English
- scoopneck English
- shitneck English
- snakeneck English
- squareneck English
- stiff neck English
- stiff-necked English
- stiffnecked English
- topneck English
- turtleneck English
- unbottle English
- wryneck English
- flaske Norwegian Bokmål
- flaskehals Norwegian Bokmål
- hals Norwegian Bokmål
- botelha Portuguese
- ネック Japanese
- ボトル Japanese
- flaske Norwegian Nynorsk
- flaskehals Norwegian Nynorsk
- hals Norwegian Nynorsk
- botel Middle English
- nekke Middle English
- boteille Old French
- बोतल Hindi
- بطری Persian
- botal Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- botol Malay
- બાટલી Gujarati
- ibhodlela Zulu
- बाटली Marathi
- ibhotile Xhosa
- bòter Papiamentu
- botol Tok Pisin
- nek Tok Pisin
- botel Cornish
- libhodlela Swati
- Boddel Pennsylvania German
- batra Sranan Tongo
- butul Brunei Malay
- bhotoro Shona
- botel Bislama
- neck
- necker
- bottlo
- butler
- bottle
- necked
- neckful
- bottled
- necklet
- topneck
- bottler
- wryneck
- midneck
- necktie
- redneck
- necklike
- renecked
- rollneck
- neckweed
- longneck
- hindneck
- neckbone
- neckbeef
- rebottle
- embottle
- bullneck
- neckmold
- neckyoke
- bottle-o
- neckache
- bootneck
- necklock
- crewneck
- neckwear
- neckgear
- cowlneck
- necklace
- neckland
- foreneck
- unbottle
- ringneck
- shitneck
- neckless
- boatneck
- neckroll
- neckdown
- neckband
- neckline
- roughneck
- bottlecap
- crookneck
- bottlefly
- breakneck
- neckplate
- ring-neck
- bottleful
- neckpiece
- neckstrap
- neckbiter
- neckcloth
- scoopneck
- neckbrace
- neckmould
- snakeneck
- polo-neck
- neckbeard
- gooseneck
- neckwarmer
- bottleable
- turtleneck
- bottle jaw
- bottlehead
- littleneck
- bluebottle
- limberneck
- neckspring
- bottlelike
- cokebottle
- stiff neck
- bottletree
- bottlenose
- bottlefish
- Bottlegate
- fiddleneck
- halterneck
- pencilneck
- squareneck
- greenbottle
- pencil-neck
- microbottle
- stiffnecked
- bottlescrew
- multibottle
- leatherneck
- bottlebrush
- bottlenosed
- neckerchief
- bottlefeeder
- debottleneck
- stiff-necked
- bottlesworth
- bottlewasher
- bottleholder
- prebottleneck
- neknomination
- antibottleneck
- postbottleneck
- red-necked buzzard