logjam

logjam
Synonyms and related words:
afterthought, arch dam, backstop, bamboo curtain, bank, bar, barrage, barrier, bear-trap dam, beaver dam, bind, block, blockage, boom, breakwater, breastwork, brick wall, buffer, bulkhead, bulwark, bureaucratic delay, cofferdam, dam, defense, delay, delayage, delayed reaction, detention, dike, ditch, double take, dragging, earthwork, embankment, fence, gate, gravity dam, groin, halt, hang-up, hindrance, holdup, hydraulic-fill dam, interim, iron curtain, jam, jetty, lag, lagging, leaping weir, levee, milldam, moat, mole, moratorium, mound, obstruction, paperasserie, parapet, pause, portcullis, rampart, red tape, red-tapeism, red-tapery, reprieve, respite, retardance, retardation, roadblock, rock-fill dam, seawall, shutter dam, slow-up, slowdown, slowness, stay, stay of execution, stone wall, stop, stoppage, suspension, tie-up, time lag, wait, wall, weir, wicket dam, work

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  • logjam — UK US (also log jam) /ˈlɒɡdʒæm/ noun [C] ► a situation in which no progress can be made because an agreement cannot be reached: »The union told its members it would try to break the log jam by dealing with individual companies. a… …   Financial and business terms

  • logjam — also log jam, congestion of logs on a river, by 1851, Amer.Eng.; see LOG (Cf. log) (n.1) + JAM (Cf. jam) (v.). The figurative sense is by 1890 …   Etymology dictionary

  • logjam — ► NOUN 1) a crowded mass of logs blocking a river. 2) a deadlock. 3) a backlog …   English terms dictionary

  • logjam — ☆ logjam [lôg′jam΄ ] n. 1. an obstacle formed by logs jamming together in a stream 2. an obstacle formed by the accumulation of many items to deal with 3. a deadlock or impasse …   English World dictionary

  • logjam — n. 1) to break (up), clear a logjam 2) (fig.) (esp. AE) a legislative logjam * * * [ lɒgdʒæm] clear a logjam (fig.) (esp. AE) a legislative logjam to break (up) …   Combinatory dictionary

  • logjam — UK [ˈlɒɡˌdʒæm] / US [ˈlɔɡˌdʒæm] noun [countable] Word forms logjam : singular logjam plural logjams a situation in which one problem is stopping anything else from being done They need to break the logjam that has held up the talks for weeks …   English dictionary

  • logjam — noun Date: 1885 1. a jumble of logs jammed together in a watercourse 2. a. deadlock, impasse < trying to break the logjam in negotiations > b. blockage c. jam, crowd • logjam transitive verb …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • logjam — noun a) An excess of logs being conveyed on a river, so that their motion halts. Efforts to amend the law got sidetracked in an administrative logjam. b) A clog or such jam or mess that halts or greatly delays progress. A step forward for the… …   Wiktionary

  • logjam — [[t]lɒ̱gʤæm[/t]] logjams N COUNT: usu sing To break the logjam means to change or deal with a difficult situation which has existed for a long time. [JOURNALISM] A new initiative was needed to break the logjam …   English dictionary

  • logjam — /ˈlɒgdʒæm/ (say logjam) noun 1. a mass of logs forming a wedge across a current, behind which the logs are trapped. 2. any similar situation in which items which ought to be flowing smoothly forward are piled up behind one another: *trying to… …  

  • logjam — /lawg jam , log /, n. 1. an immovable pileup or tangle of logs, as in a river, causing a blockage. 2. any blockage or massive accumulation: a logjam of bills before Congress. [1880 85; LOG1 + JAM1] * * * …   Universalium

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