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Definition of logjam noun from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

logjam

noun

NAmE//ˈlɔɡdʒæm//

, NAmE//ˈlɑɡdʒæm//

1a mass of logs floating on a river, that are blocking it

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2a difficult situation in which you cannot make progress easily because there are too many things to do synonym bottleneck

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