backlog n
1. 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. large log at the back of a hearth fire [syn: log]
3. something kept back or saved for future use or a special purpose [syn: reserve, stockpile] v : accumulate and create a backlog

Backlog \Back"log`\, n. [Back, a. + log.] A large stick of wood, forming the back of a fire on the hearth. [U.S.] 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.

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