BACKLOG

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

Etymology

Noun

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.

Verb

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

Anagrams

• 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