logjam
An excess of logs being conveyed on a river, so that their motion haltsAn excess of logs being conveyed on a river, so that their motion halts.
Meaning
2 sensesAn excess of logs being conveyed on a river, so that their motion halts.
Verklausung
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an immovable mass of logs blocking a river
(figuratively)A clog or such jam or mess that halts or greatly delays progress.
Efforts to amend the law got sidetracked in an administrative logjam.
Blockade, Stillstand
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Translations
4 languagesBy meaning 2
By meaning 2
Origin
From log + jam.From log + jam.
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