noun
Meaning 1
A large log to burn at the back of a fire.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
backlog
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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General-American: /ˈbæk(ˌ)lɔɡ/
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cot-caught-merger: /ˈbæk(ˌ)lɑɡ/
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British, Southern, Standard: /ˈbak(ˌ)lɔɡ/
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noun
Meaning 2
A reserve source or supply.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 3
An accumulation or buildup, especially of unfilled orders, unconsumed products or unfinished work.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- He went to work on Saturday to try to work through the backlog of papers on his desk.
- Kyle purchased a new one despite having a backlog of video games that he hasn't played.
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noun
Meaning 4
A log containing text previously read, as in text-based video games or chat rooms.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
Meaning 5
To acquire something as a backlog, or to become a backlog
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: ambitransitive
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noun
Meaning 6
an accumulation of jobs not done or materials not processed that are yet to be dealt with (especially unfilled customer orders for products or services)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: none provided
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Broader terms: collection, aggregation, accumulation, assemblage
noun
Meaning 7
something kept back or saved for future use or a special purpose
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: reserve, stockpile
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: accumulation
Narrower terms: bank, fuel level, reserve account, reserve fund
noun
Meaning 8
the large log at the back of a hearth fire
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: firewood
Narrower terms: Yule log
verb
Meaning 9
accumulate and create a backlog
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: accumulate, cumulate, conglomerate, pile up, gather, amass
History
Etymology
From back + log. 1680s; originally a large log at the back of a fire. Figurative sense from 1880s, meaning "something stored up for later use". Possibly influenced by logbook as well.
Across languages
Translations
64 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Chinese Mandarin: 積壓 /积压 (jīyā) — an accumulation or buildup
- Danish: efterslæb — an accumulation or buildup
- Danish: pukkel — an accumulation or buildup
- Dutch: achterstand — an accumulation or buildup
- Finnish: tilauskanta — an accumulation or buildup
- Finnish: rästityöt — an accumulation or buildup
- French: arriéré — an accumulation or buildup
- German: Arbeitsrückstand — an accumulation or buildup
- German: Auftragsüberhang — an accumulation or buildup
- German: Nachholbedarf — an accumulation or buildup
- German: Rückstand — an accumulation or buildup
- German: Rückstau — an accumulation or buildup
- German: Überhang — an accumulation or buildup
- Hungarian: elmaradás — an accumulation or buildup
- Hungarian: lemaradás — an accumulation or buildup
- Hungarian: hátralék — an accumulation or buildup
- Hungarian: restancia — an accumulation or buildup
- Italian: arretrato — an accumulation or buildup
- Norwegian Bokmål: etterslep — an accumulation or buildup
- Norwegian Nynorsk: etterslep — an accumulation or buildup
- Polish: zaległości — an accumulation or buildup
- Portuguese: acúmulo — an accumulation or buildup
- Russian: невы́полненные зака́зы (nevýpolnennyje zakázy) — an accumulation or buildup
- Russian: незавершённые зада́чи (nezaveršónnyje zadáči) — an accumulation or buildup
- Russian: задо́лженность (zadólžennostʹ) — an accumulation or buildup
- Russian: зава́л (zavál) — an accumulation or buildup
- Spanish: acúmulo — an accumulation or buildup
- Spanish: pila — an accumulation or buildup
- Spanish: montón — an accumulation or buildup
- Spanish: trabajo atrasado — an accumulation or buildup
- Spanish: pendientes — an accumulation or buildup
- Spanish: acumulación — an accumulation or buildup
- Spanish: cumulación — an accumulation or buildup
- Spanish: comulación — an accumulation or buildup
- Spanish: atrasos — an accumulation or buildup
- Spanish: cartera de pedidos — an accumulation or buildup
- Swedish: återstod — an accumulation or buildup
- Turkish: birikme — an accumulation or buildup
- Turkish: birikmiş iş — an accumulation or buildup
- Turkish: terakküm — an accumulation or buildup
- Turkish: artbirikim — an accumulation or buildup
- Azerbaijani: tədarük — reserve source or supply
- Azerbaijani: ehtimal — reserve source or supply
- Bulgarian: запас (zapas) — reserve source or supply
- Chinese Mandarin: 存貨 /存货 (cúnhuò) — reserve source or supply
- Chinese Mandarin: 儲備 /储备 (chúbèi) — reserve source or supply
- Danish: reserve — reserve source or supply
- Danish: fond — reserve source or supply
- Finnish: vara — reserve source or supply
- German: Rücklage — reserve source or supply
- German: Vorrat — reserve source or supply
- German: Haufen — reserve source or supply
- Polish: zapas — reserve source or supply
- Portuguese: reserva — reserve source or supply
- Russian: запа́с (zapás) — reserve source or supply
- Russian: резе́рвы (rezérvy) — reserve source or supply
- Spanish: fondo — reserve source or supply
- Spanish: reserva — reserve source or supply
- Chinese Mandarin: 積壓 /积压 (jīyā) — to acquire something as a backlog, or to become a backlog
- Finnish: varata — to acquire something as a backlog, or to become a backlog
- Polish: zalegać — to acquire something as a backlog, or to become a backlog
- Polish: zalec — to acquire something as a backlog, or to become a backlog
- Russian: накапливать (nakaplivatʹ) — to acquire something as a backlog, or to become a backlog
- Russian: накапливаться (nakaplivatʹsja) — to acquire something as a backlog, or to become a backlog