logjam
(noun)
noun
1. any stoppage attributable to unusual activity
- the legislation ran into a logjam
Definition categories: state, arrest, check, halt, hitch, stay, stop, stoppage
2. an immovable mass of logs blocking a river
Definition categories: group, mass
Sentences with logjam as a noun:
- Efforts to amend the law got sidetracked in an administrative logjam.
- A step forward for the minimum wage increase this afternoon, as the Senate cleared the logjam of the Republican filibuster. [1]