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

He won because he saw the chokepoint wasn’t underground.

From MarketWatch

Together with Iceland and the U.K., the island forms a chokepoint allowing the U.S. and its allies to monitor the passage of Russian submarines into the Atlantic Ocean.

From Barron's

And you can’t mine your way out of a refining chokepoint.

From MarketWatch

Instead it sets priorities: identifying strategic chokepoints, sequencing capacity build-out, applying targeted relief where downstream producers would otherwise be squeezed, and holding firm where security exposure is unacceptable.

From The Wall Street Journal

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