'Backlog' definitions:
Definition of 'backlog'
(from WordNet)
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)
noun
The large log at the back of a hearth fire
noun
verb
Accumulate and create a backlog
Definition of 'Backlog'
From: GCIDE
- Backlog \Back"log`\ (b[a^]k"l[o^]g`; 115), n. [Back, a. + log.]
- 1. A large stick of wood, forming the back of a fire on the hearth. Contrasted to forestick. [U.S.] [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. 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]
Synonyms of 'backlog'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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 log