logjam

logjam

noun

Definition of LOGJAM

1

a crowded mass (as of cars) that impedes or blocks movement <the presence of an ambulance on the side of the highway created a logjam of rubberneckers who just had to have a look>

Synonyms backup, bottleneck, jam-up, logjam, snarl, tailback [British], tie-up

Related Words tangle; gridlock, lock; congestion, traffic; crawl, delay, slowdown, stoppage

2

a point in a struggle where neither side is capable of winning or willing to give in <efforts to break the logjam in the talks between union and management>

Synonyms deadlock, gridlock, halt, logjam, Mexican standoff, stalemate, standoff, standstill

Related Words dead end; bind, bottleneck, corner, dilemma, fix, hole, jam, morass, pickle, pinch, plight, predicament, quagmire, quandary, spot; difficulty; problem