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An excess of logs being conveyed on a river, so that their motion halts.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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A clog or such jam or mess that halts or greatly delays progress.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
Examples
- Efforts to amend the law got sidetracked in an administrative logjam.
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To deliberately impede or delay the progress of.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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an immovable mass of logs blocking a river
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: mass
any stoppage attributable to unusual activity
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the legislation ran into a logjam
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Broader terms: arrest, check, halt, hitch, stay, stop, stoppage
Across languages
Translations
20 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Dutch:
stremming
— An excess of logs being conveyed on a river
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Finnish:
tukkisuma
— An excess of logs being conveyed on a river
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French:
bourrage
— An excess of logs being conveyed on a river
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German:
Verklausung
— An excess of logs being conveyed on a river
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Russian:
затор
(zator)
— An excess of logs being conveyed on a river
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Swedish:
bröt
— An excess of logs being conveyed on a river
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Dutch:
opstopping
— A clog; any jam or mess that halts or greatly delays progress
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Dutch:
impasse
— A clog; any jam or mess that halts or greatly delays progress
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Finnish:
ruuhka
— A clog; any jam or mess that halts or greatly delays progress
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French:
embouteillage
— A clog; any jam or mess that halts or greatly delays progress
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French:
impasse
— A clog; any jam or mess that halts or greatly delays progress
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German:
Blockade
— A clog; any jam or mess that halts or greatly delays progress
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German:
Stillstand
— A clog; any jam or mess that halts or greatly delays progress
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Russian:
тупик
(tupik)
— A clog; any jam or mess that halts or greatly delays progress
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Spanish:
atascamiento
— A clog; any jam or mess that halts or greatly delays progress
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Spanish:
bloqueo
— A clog; any jam or mess that halts or greatly delays progress
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Spanish:
obstrucción
— A clog; any jam or mess that halts or greatly delays progress
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Spanish:
callejón sin salida
— A clog; any jam or mess that halts or greatly delays progress
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Spanish:
círculo vicioso
— A clog; any jam or mess that halts or greatly delays progress
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Spanish:
pescadilla que se muerde la cola
— A clog; any jam or mess that halts or greatly delays progress