bottleneck

1. The narrow portion that forms the pouring spout of a bottle; the neck of a bottle.

   Flaschenhals

   го́рлышко буты́лкиgórlyško butýlki, го́рлышкоgórlyško

   the narrow part of a bottle near the top

2. The narrow portion that forms the pouring spout of a bottle; the neck of a bottle.

   A portion of a bottleneck placed on the finger and used as a guitar slide.

3. (figuratively)In traffic, any narrowing of the road, especially resulting in a delay.

   Engstelle, Flaschenhals, Engpass

   суже́ниеsužénije, у́зкий прохо́дúzkij proxód, у́зкое ме́стоúzkoje mésto

4. (broadly, figuratively)The part of a process that is too slow or cumbersome due to the lessening of available throughput.

   It is easy to create entries; processing the paperwork is the bottleneck.

   The bottleneck in this computer program is the inefficient sorting process; we should replace it with a faster one.

   Engpass, Flaschenhals

   у́зкое ме́стоúzkoje mésto, про́бкаpróbka, зато́рzatór

1. The shortage of engineers is the greatest bottleneck to the development of our company.

   ruНехватка инженеров является самым узким местом в развитии нашей компании.

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2. Algiers has many traffic bottlenecks.

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