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noun

Backlog n.

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."

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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Etymology of 'Backlog'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Backlog" Quotes from Famous Books

... have to stay on Earth. And now I'd better get back to the games parlor—I can't waste any time, you know. Not with a seven thousand credit backlog to make up." ...

— Starman's Quest • Robert Silverberg

... cracked with the billet of wood will tell the tale. You once suspected me of truantry from your charms—Quedo, quedo! exacting dame—and the pale offspring of poor Hagar you threw upon the blazing backlog, and grimly watched it burn. The pursued children whose cries you could not still, that yet are stilled till hell shall have a voice, not even you can number. Evangelists, O Patty, dipping their pens in blood of saints to ...

— The Entailed Hat - Or, Patty Cannon's Times • George Alfred Townsend

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