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Definition of backlog : A large stick of wood, forming the back of a fire on the hearth.

Synonyms:

excess, hoard, reserve, reservation, balance, military reserve, heap, cache, inventory, overload, capacity, reservoir, allowance, supply, batch, substitute, allocation, amount, treasure, nest egg, modesty, accumulation, reticence, arithmetic, collect, stock, log, second-stringer, store, stash, stockpile, block, taciturnity

Usage examples:

• On a fire well started thus between backlog and forestick he may pile such dry, hard wood as he has at hand. - "Old Plymouth Trails", Winthrop Packard.
• They brought in the materials for an old- fashioned fire, backlog, forestick, and crowsticks, and presently seated themselves before a crackling blaze. - "A Country Doctor and Selected Stories and Sketches", Sarah Orne Jewett.
• I ask your help to end the backlog at the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. - "Complete State of the Union Addresses from 1790 to the Present", Various.