Meaning of BACKLOG
| Pronunciation: | | 'bak`log
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- [n] an accumulation of jobs not done or materials not processed that are yet to be dealt with; "a large backlog of orders"
- [n] something kept back or saved for future use or a special purpose
- [n] large log at the back of a hearth fire
- [v] accumulate and create a backlog
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| | Synonyms: | | log, reserve, stockpile |
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| | See Also: | | accumulate, accumulation, accumulation, aggregation, amass, assemblage, bank, collection, conglomerate, cumulate, firewood, fuel level, gather, pile up, reserve account, reserve fund, Yule log | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Back"log`\, n. [Back, a. + log.]
A large stick of wood, forming the back of a fire on the
hearth. [U.S.]
There was first a backlog, from fifteen to four and
twenty inches in diameter and five feet long, imbedded
in the ashes. --S. G.
Goodrich.
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| | Related Terms: | | abundance, accumulation, amassment, bavin, brush, brushwood, budget, cache, collection, commissariat, commissary, cornucopia, cumulation, dump, fagot, firewood, heap, hoard, inventory, kindling, kindlings, larder, log, mass, material, materials, materiel, munitions, nest egg, pile, plenitude, plenty, provisionment, provisions, rations, repertoire, repertory, reserve, reserve fund, reserve supply, reserves, reservoir, resource, rick, savings, sinking fund, something in reserve, stack, stock, stock-in-trade, stockpile, store, stores, stovewood, supplies, supply on hand, treasure, treasury, unexpended balance, wood, yule clog, yule log |
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