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bottleneck

How many syllables in bottleneck?

  3 syllables

Divide bottleneck into syllables:   bot-tle-neck
How to pronounce bottleneck:   bot-l-nek
How to say bottleneck:

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Synonyms for bottleneck


1 syllable
  • block
  • jam
2 syllables
  • blockage
  • holdup
  • log jam
  • clogging
  • impasse
  • tailback
3 syllables
  • traffic jam
    5 syllables
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      What rhymes with bottleneck

      3 syllables
      4 syllables
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