log jam
Tangled timber backup
A log jam is an accumulation of logs blocking a river, preventing timber from floating downstream to mills.
The term extends to any situation where progress is blocked by a pileup: a logjam of legislation awaiting committee approval, traffic logjam.
To break the logjam is to clear the obstruction and restore movement.
Also spelled as one word: logjam.
Constriction limiting throughput
- blockageObstruction halting movement
- impasseSituation without resolution
- gridlockComplete mutual obstruction
- backupStored duplicate for recovery
snarl · chokepoint · barrier · clog · stoppage · hindrance · stalemate · deadlock
Wood for construction
- lumberjackProfessional tree cutter
- sawmillLog-to-board factory
- fellingDowning standing timber
- lumberSawn wood for building
woodcutter · boom · drive · river drive · pulpwood · peavey · cant hook · sorting
Wood for construction
- waterwayNavigable route for vessels
- currentDirected flow of charge
- floatBuoyant object or vehicle
- boomLoud deep sound
millpond · sawmill · downstream · channel · dam · debris · buildup · clearance
Administrative written tasks
- delayEnforced waiting period
- red tapeBureaucratic obstacles to action
- backlogAccumulated unfinished work
- approvalFavorable opinion given
processing · administrative · queue · pending · stalled · oversight · regulation · application
bottleneck
Constriction limiting throughput
- blockageObstruction halting movement
- impasseSituation without resolution
- gridlockComplete mutual obstruction
backup · snarl · chokepoint · barrier · clog · stoppage · hindrance · stalemate · deadlock · standstill
timber
Wood for construction
- lumberjackProfessional tree cutter
- sawmillLog-to-board factory
- fellingDowning standing timber
lumber · woodcutter · boom · drive · river drive · pulpwood · peavey · cant hook · sorting · millpond
timber
Wood for construction
boom · millpond · sawmill · downstream · channel · dam · debris · buildup · clearance · dynamite
paperwork
Administrative written tasks
- delayEnforced waiting period
- red tapeBureaucratic obstacles to action
- backlogAccumulated unfinished work
approval · processing · administrative · queue · pending · stalled · oversight · regulation · application · permit
- crowdedcrowded, packed like sardines, crammed, teeming, mobbed
- impassesimpasse, deadlock, stalemate, standstill, gridlock
- riverriverbank, riverbed, riverbend, current, rapids
- lumberjackinglumberjack, chainsaw, axe, felling, skidder
- fishing structuresbrush pile, artificial reef, rock pile, standing timber, laydown
- riversMississippi, Amazon, river, rivers, Nile
log jamfree flow
Unhindered continuous movement
free-flowing · unobstructed · open channel · unimpeded · clear sailing
log jambreakthrough
Sudden important advance
resolution · advancement · headway · progress · momentum
log, jam, logs, logged, logging, logger, loggers, jams, jammed