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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun backlog has 3 senses
- backlog(n = noun.group) Array - 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); Array is a kind of accumulation, aggregation, assemblage, collection
- backlog(n = noun.substance) Array - the large log at the back of a hearth fire; Array is a kind of firewood
- backlog(n = noun.possession) reserve, stockpile - something kept back or saved for future use or a special purpose; Array is a kind of accumulation
Derived form verb backlog1
has particulars: yule log
has particulars: bank, fuel level, reserve account, reserve fund
Derived form verb backlog1
Verb backlog has 1 sense
- backlog(v = verb.change) Array - accumulate and create a backlog; Array is one way to accumulate, amass, conglomerate, cumulate, gather, pile up
Derived forms noun backlog1, noun backlog3
Sample sentence:
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CIDE DICTIONARY
backlog, n. [Back, a. + log.].
- A large stick of wood, forming the back of a fire on the hearth. Contrasted to
forestick . [1913 Webster]"There was first a backlog, from fifteen to four and twenty inches in diameter and five feet long, imbedded in the ashes." [1913 Webster] - 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. [PJC]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
backlog, n.
1 arrears of uncompleted work etc.
2 a reserve; reserves (a backlog of goodwill).
1 arrears of uncompleted work etc.
2 a reserve; reserves (a backlog of goodwill).
THESAURUS
backlog
abundance, accumulation, amassment, bavin, brush, brushwood, budget, cache, collection, commissariat, commissary, cornucopia, cumulation, dump, fagot, firewood, heap, hoard, inventory, kindling, kindlings, larder, log, mass, material, materials, materiel, munitions, nest egg, pile, plenitude, plenty, provisionment, provisions, rations, repertoire, repertory, reserve, reserve fund, reserve supply, reserves, reservoir, resource, rick, savings, sinking fund, something in reserve, stack, stock, stock-in-trade, stockpile, store, stores, stovewood, supplies, supply on hand, treasure, treasury, unexpended balance, wood, yule clog, yule logROGET THESAURUS
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Furnace
N furnace, stove, kiln, oven, cracker, hearth, focus, combustion chamber, athanor, hypocaust, reverberatory, volcano, forge, fiery furnace, limekiln, Dutch oven, tuyere, brasier, salamander, heater, warming pan, boiler, caldron, seething caldron, pot, urn, kettle, chafing-dish, retort, crucible, alembic, still, waffle irons, muffle furnace, induction furnace, electric heater, electric furnace, electric resistance heat, open-hearth furnace, fireplace, gas fireplace, coal fire, wood fire, fire-dog, fire- irons, grate, range, kitchener, caboose, camboose, poker, tongs, shovel, ashpan, hob, trivet, andiron, gridiron, ashdrop, frying-pan, stew-pan, backlog, hearth, inglenook, oil burner, gas burner, Franklin stove, pot-bellied stove, wood-burning stove, central heating, steam heat, hot water heat, gas heat, forced hot air, electric heat, heat pump, solar heat, convective heat, hothouse, bakehouse, washhouse, laundry, conservatory, sudatory, Turkish bath, Russian bath, vapor bath, steam bath, sauna, warm bath, vaporarium.
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