BACKLOG

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does backlog mean? 

• BACKLOG (noun)
  The noun BACKLOG has 3 senses:

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. the large log at the back of a hearth fire

3. something kept back or saved for future use or a special purpose

  Familiarity information: BACKLOG used as a noun is uncommon.

• BACKLOG (verb)
  The verb BACKLOG has 1 sense:

1. accumulate and create a backlog

  Familiarity information: BACKLOG used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BACKLOG (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("backlog" is a kind of...):

accumulation; aggregation; assemblage; collection (several things grouped together or considered as a whole)

Derivation:

backlog (accumulate and create a backlog)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The large log at the back of a hearth fire

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("backlog" is a kind of...):

firewood (wood used for fuel)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "backlog"):

Yule log (large log traditionally burned at Christmas)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Something kept back or saved for future use or a special purpose

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Synonyms:

backlog; reserve; stockpile

Hypernyms ("backlog" is a kind of...):

accumulation ((finance) profits that are not paid out as dividends but are added to the capital base of the corporation)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "backlog"):

bank (a supply or stock held in reserve for future use (especially in emergencies))

fuel level (the amount of fuel remaining)

reserve account; reserve fund (funds taken out of earnings to provide for anticipated future payments)

Derivation:

backlog (accumulate and create a backlog)

• BACKLOG (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they backlog    ... he / she / it backlogs   
Past simple: backlogged   
Past participle: backlogged   
-ing form: backlogging   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Accumulate and create a backlog

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "backlog" is one way to...):

accumulate; amass; conglomerate; cumulate; gather; pile up (collect or gather)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Derivation:

backlog (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))

backlog (something kept back or saved for future use or a special purpose)

 Context examples 

The company has a backlog of some 70 missions worth a total of $10 billion.

(SpaceX Completes Successful Rocket Launch, VOA News)