chokepoint

American  

[chohk-point] / ˈtʃoʊkˌpɔɪnt /

noun

1. a place of greatest congestion and often hazard; bottleneck.

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Etymology

Origin of chokepoint

First recorded in 1965–70

Example Sentences

A plan to build the first transcontinental freight railroad in the U.S. is putting a spotlight on a chokepoint in American rail shipping.

From The Wall Street Journal

Iranian forces regularly target tankers illegally transporting fuel in the Strait of Hormuz, a key chokepoint for global oil and liquefied natural gas shipments.

From Barron's

As temperatures rise, multiyear ice in the northern Arctic is released southward, where it creates chokepoints in the Northwest Passage.

From The Wall Street Journal

“The human was only involved in a few critical chokepoints, saying, ‘Yes, continue,’ ‘Don’t continue,’ ‘Thank you for this information,’ ‘Oh, that doesn’t look right, Claude, are you sure?’

From The Wall Street Journal

Those include electric-vehicle batteries, artificial-intelligence servers, wind turbines and jet fighters — and Beijing “knows this chokepoint gives it short-term bargaining power.”

From MarketWatch