flaskehals

Norwegian

noun-m1
Definitions
  • a bottleneck (neck of a bottle)
  • a bottleneck (narrow constricting point in a road or railway network, or in anything else, where delays can occur)

Etymology

Compound from Norwegian Bokmål flaske (bottle) + Norwegian Bokmål hals derived from English bottleneck.

Origin

English

bottleneck

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