Hyphenation of bottleneck

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word bottleneck? This word can be hyphenated and contains 3 syllables as shown below.

bot-tle-neck

Definitions of bottleneck:

1.	A narrowing that reduces the flow through a channel
2.	The narrow part of a bottle near the top
3.	Slow down or impede by creating an obstruction His laziness has bottlenecked our efforts to reform the system
4.	Become narrow, like a bottleneck Right by the bridge
5.	The road bottlenecks

Synonyms of bottleneck:

noun	constriction, chokepoint, narrowing
verb	obstruct, blockade, block, hinder, stymie, stymy, embarrass
verb	narrow, contract

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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.