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log jam

log jam is the alternative spelling of logjam.

Meaning of logjam

Noun

logjam (plural logjams)

  1. An excess of logs being conveyed on a river, so that their motion halts.
  2. (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.

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Forms of log jam

plurallog jams

Questions about log jam

What is log jam the alternative spelling of?
Log jam is the alternative spelling of logjam.

Words near log jam in the dictionary

  1. log drives
  2. log flume
  3. log flumes
  4. log in
  5. log into
  6. log jam
  7. log jams
  8. log line
  9. log lines
  10. log off
  11. log on

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Adapted from Wiktionary: log jam (page history and authors); logjam (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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