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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 activity
2. an immovable mass of logs blocking a river
Familiarity information: LOGJAM used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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