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Backlog   Listen
noun
Backlog  n.  
1.
A large stick of wood, forming the back of a fire on the hearth. Contrasted to forestick. (U.S.) "There was first a backlog, from fifteen to four and twenty inches in diameter and five feet long, imbedded in the ashes."
2.
An accumulation (of tasks or of materials) that were not performed or processed at the normal time and require attention; as, unexpected demand led to a large backlog of unfilled orders; politically motivated delays led to a large backlog of unconfirmed judicial appointments.





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"Backlog" Quotes from Famous Books



... as we sat before the fading red of the backlog, the old man dozing in his chair, Polly Ann put her hand ...
— The Crossing • Winston Churchill


Words linked to "Backlog" :   reserve account, assemblage, aggregation, gather, reserve, cumulate, reserve fund, conglomerate, bank, pile up, accumulate, Yule log, accumulation, fuel level, amass, stockpile


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