Chokepoint

noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A point at which traffic or other movement can easily become blocked.

    "First, a hostile state could invade and occupy an oil producer or cut off a key chokepoint such as the Strait of Hormuz."

  2. 2
    a point of congestion or blockage wordnet
  3. 3
    a narrowing that reduces the flow through a channel wordnet

Etymology

From choke + point.

Next best steps

Mini challenge

Unscramble this word: chokepoint