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LOGJAM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does logjam mean? 

LOGJAM (noun)
  The noun LOGJAM has 2 senses:

1. any stoppage attributable to unusual activityplay

2. an immovable mass of logs blocking a riverplay

  Familiarity information: LOGJAM used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


LOGJAM (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Any stoppage attributable to unusual activity

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Context example:

the legislation ran into a logjam

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

arrest; check; halt; hitch; stay; stop; stoppage (the state of inactivity following an interruption)


Sense 2

Meaning:

An immovable mass of logs blocking a river

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

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

mass (an ill-structured collection of similar things (objects or people))


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