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Word entry · 7 letters

backlog

Best crossword clue

"Work pileup"

7 letters · collected on this word page

7 lettersPronunciation /ˈbæk(ˌ)lɔɡ/Part of speech verb, nounSorted abcgkloStarts with BEnds with G1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. accumulate and create a backlog

Word origin

From back + log. 1680s; originally a large log at the back of a fire. Figurative sense from 1880s, meaning "something stored up for later use". Possibly influenced by logbook as well.

Used in a sentence

  • While she was preparing my breakfast, I chopped off a backlog and put it on the fire,[…]
  • He threw it on the fire for a back-log, first scraping the live coals and ashes to a heap for his damper.
  • He went to work on Saturday to try to work through the backlog of papers on his desk.

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