English-Finnish translations for logjam

• ruuhka
• tukkisuma

Definition of logjam

• An excess of logs being conveyed on a river, so that their motion halts

Examples

• 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. [http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2007/1/30/13150/5672]

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