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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Backlog \Back"log`\, n. [Back, a. + log.] A large stick of wood, forming the back 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: backlog n 1: an accumulation of jobs not done or materials not processed that are yet to be dealt with "a large backlog of orders" 2: large log at the back of a hearth fire [syn: {log}] 3: something kept back or saved for future use or a special purpose [syn: {reserve}, {stockpile}] v : accumulate and create a backlog
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