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LOGJAM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
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))
Sense 2
Meaning:
Any stoppage attributable to unusual activity
Example:
the legislation ran into a logjam
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("logjam" is a kind of...):
arrest; check; halt; hitch; stay; stop; stoppage (the state of inactivity following an interruption)
