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Definition of Logjam
1. Noun. Any stoppage attributable to unusual activity. "The legislation ran into a logjam"
2. Noun. An immovable mass of logs blocking a river.
Definition of Logjam
1. Noun. (context: lumber industry) An excess of logs being conveyed on a river, so that their motion halts. ¹
2. Noun. (figuratively) A clog or such jam or mess that halts or greatly delays progress. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Logjam
1. to cause to become tangled in a mass [v -JAMMED, -JAMMING, -JAMS]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Logjam
Literary usage of Logjam
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Immigration Statistics: Information Gaps, Quality Issues Limit Utility of by Eric M. Larson (1998)
"As of July 1998, the logjam for naturalization applications was estimated ...
First, in some cases, a visa allows multiple The logjam occurred because of an ..."
2. The Popular Science Monthly (1891)
"But at intervals an obstruction, a set-back, a logjam occurs, stops the current,
creates an eddy, and makes things temporarily move the other way. ..."
3. Defense Conversion: Redirecting R&D by DIANE Publishing Company (1994)
"... and GRADA negotiations are underway for many of these projects. According to
Dan Arvizu of Sandia, this has broken the logjam that began when ..."
4. History of England from the Fall of Wolsey to the Death of Elizabeth by James Anthony Froude (1871)
"Neither of logjam,, you both is ignorant from what root the con- ^""E^MI trary
affection doth proceed. ..."
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