Lexic.us

Definition of Backlog

1. Noun. 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. Verb. Accumulate and create a backlog.

3. Noun. The large log at the back of a hearth fire.

4. Noun. Something kept back or saved for future use or a special purpose.

Definition of Backlog

1. n. A large stick of wood, forming the back of a fire on the hearth.

Definition of Backlog

1. Noun. An accumulation or buildup, especially of unfilled orders or unfinished work ¹

2. Noun. A reserve source or supply ¹

3. Verb. (transitive intransitive) To acquire something as a backlog, or to become a backlog ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Backlog

1. to accumulate [v -LOGGED, -LOGGING, -LOGS] - See also: accumulate

Medical Definition of Backlog

1. A large stick of wood, forming the of a fire on the hearth. "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) Origin: Back, a. + log. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Backlog

backlights backline backlines backlink backlinks backlist backlisted backlisting backlists backlit

backload backloaded backloading backloadings backloads backlog (current term) backlogged backlogging backlogs backlots

backman backmarker backmasked backmasking backmen backness backorder backorders

Literary usage of Backlog

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Community Mediation Programs: Developments and Challenges by Daniel McGillis (1999)
"A Growing Concern With Limits on Access to Justice Arising From Court Case backlog, Delay, and Costs Numerous major commissions have documented the problems ..."

2. Defense Ammunition: Significant Problems Left Unattended Will Get Worse by Sharon A. Cekala, Joan B. Hawkins, Nancy L. Ragsdale (1996)
"Figure 3.2: Increase in Periodic Inspection backlog Number of lots 160000 r 140000 120000 100000 80000 60000 40000 20000 0 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 ..."

3. Choice Literature: ... for Grammar Grades (1898)
"backlog STUDIES CHARLES DUDLEY WARNER NOTE TO THE PUPIL.— Charles Dudley Warner was born at Plain- field, Mass., in 1829. He graduated from Hamilton College ..."

4. The Attaché: Or Sam Slick in England by Thomas Chandler Haliburton (1856)
"THE backlog, OR COOLNES As we sat chatting together late last night, the danger of a fire at sea was talked of, the loss of the ' Kent' Indiaman, ..."

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