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Backlog   /bˈæklˌɑg/  /bˈæklˌɔg/   Listen
Backlog

noun
1.
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).
2.
The large log at the back of a hearth fire.
3.
Something kept back or saved for future use or a special purpose.  Synonyms: reserve, stockpile.





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"Backlog" Quotes from Famous Books



... a long time, when he recognized the familiar crash of a breaking backlog falling together, and heard the customary leap of the frightened dog. He walked to his door and listened intently, but there was no sound; so he decided the Girl had not been awakened. In the midst of a whitening sheet of gold the Harvester dropped to his stoop ...
— The Harvester • Gene Stratton Porter
... Philadelphia, but moved to Chicago to practice his profession. There he remained until 1860, when he became connected with the press at Hartford, Conn., and has ever since devoted himself to literature. "My Summer in a Garden," "Saunterings," and "Backlog Studies" are his best known works. The following extract is ...
— McGuffey's Fifth Eclectic Reader • William Holmes McGuffey


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


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