n.
1.an accumulation of jobs not done or materials not processed that are yet to be dealt with (especially unfilled customer orders for products or services)
2.large log at the back of a hearth fire
3.something kept back or saved for future use or a special purpose backlog v.
1.accumulate and create a backlog
Idiom of the Day
make up (something - a story or an excuse)
to invent a story, to think and say something that is not true
The girl made up a story about how she got lost in the mountains.