backlog Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. 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)
  2. noun the large log at the back of a hearth fire
  3. noun something kept back or saved for future use or a special purpose
    stockpile; reserve.
  4. verb accumulate and create a backlog

WordNet

Back"log` noun
Etymology
Back, a. + log.
Definitions
  1. A large stick of wood, forming the 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.

Webster 1913