backlog
Pronunciation
  • IPA: /ˈbæk.lɒɡ/
Noun

backlog (plural backlogs)

  1. A large log to burn at the back of a fire.
    • 1830, Joseph Plumb Martin, A Narrative of Some of the Adventures, Dangers and Sufferings of a Revolutionary Soldier, Ch. V:
      While she was preparing my breakfast, I chopped off a backlog and put it on the fire, […]
  2. A reserve source or supply.
  3. An accumulation or buildup, especially of unfilled orders or unfinished work.
    He went to work on Saturday to try to work through the backlog of papers on his desk.
  4. (video games) In visual novels, a log containing text previously read.
Translations Translations
  • Russian: запа́с
Verb

backlog (backlogs, present participle backlogging; past backlogged, past participle backlogged)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) To acquire something as a backlog, or to become a backlog
Translations
  • Russian: накапливать



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