chokepoint

chokepoint [chohk-point] Word Origin See more synonyms for chokepoint on Thesaurus.com noun

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

Origin of chokepoint First recorded in 1965–70 Related Words for choke point predicament, dilemma, distress, mystification, pass, perplexity, plight, squeeze, emergency, vicissitude, crossroad, hardship, exigency, mess, embarrassment, rigor, hole, bottleneck, bewilderment, extremity