backlog
(noun) 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)
reserve, backlog, stockpile
(noun) something kept back or saved for future use or a special purpose
backlog
(noun) the large log at the back of a hearth fire
backlog
(verb) accumulate and create a backlog
Source: WordNet® 3.1
backlog (plural backlogs)
A large log to burn at the back of a fire.
A reserve source or supply.
An accumulation or buildup, especially of unfilled orders or unfinished work.
(video games) In visual novels, a log containing text previously read.
backlog (third-person singular simple present backlogs, present participle backlogging, simple past and past participle backlogged)
(transitive, intransitive) To acquire something as a backlog, or to become a backlog
• gablock
Source: Wiktionary
Back"log`, n. Etym: [Back, a. + log.]
Definition: A large stick of wood, forming the 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
24 December 2024
(adverb) in an intuitive manner; “inventors seem to have chosen intuitively a combination of explosive and aggressive sounds as warning signals to be used on automobiles”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
