logjam
# logjam
## Anglais
### Étymologie

    Composé de log et de jam.

# logjam
## Anglais
### Nom commun

logjam \lɒɡˈdʒæm\, \lɔɡˈdʒæm\
* Embâcle (de bois flottés).
** Naturally occurring logjams in the Bolivian Amazon kill off almost as much rainforest as human activity—just under 1000 hectares per year in one part of Bolivia—the scientist reports in a forthcoming issue of Earth Systems Dynamics.— (Katherine Kornei, There’s a strange tree-killer on the loose in the Amazon: logjams Science Mag :le 7 avril 2017)
* (Sens figuré) Blocage, impasse.
** The senator tried to break the legislative logjam.