Synonyms for log

Grammar : Noun

Spell : lawg, log

Phonetic Transcription : lɔg, lɒg

Top 10 synonyms for log

Other synonyms for the word log

Définition of log

Origin : unshaped large piece of tree, early 14c., of unknown origin. Old Norse had lag "felled tree" (from stem of liggja "to lie"), but on phonological grounds many etymologists deny that this is the root of English log. Instead, they suggest an independent formation meant to "express the notion of something massive by a word of appropriate sound." OED compares clog (n.) in its original Middle English sense "lump of wood." Log cabin (1770) in American English has been a figure of the honest pioneer since the 1840 presidential campaign of William Henry Harrison. Falling off a log as a type of something easy to do is from 1839.

noun stump of tree
noun record

Example sentences :

But if we can only get hold of these log books you speak of.
Extract from : « Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates » by Howard Pyle

Before it, on a log of wood, sat or crouched a human figure.
Extract from : « Green Mansions » by W. H. Hudson

There he lay like a log, and all my efforts with vinegar and water had no visible effect.
Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper

The chimney, as is the case with all log cabins, was built on the outside.
Extract from : « With Trapper Jim in the North Woods » by Lawrence J. Leslie

Then, again, he'd run along a log and jump from stone to stone.
Extract from : « With Trapper Jim in the North Woods » by Lawrence J. Leslie

Wouldn't I like to have been about over there by the log when he was doing it.
Extract from : « With Trapper Jim in the North Woods » by Lawrence J. Leslie

They're all sitting in a row on that log, Max, and lookin' solemn-like at the cabin.
Extract from : « With Trapper Jim in the North Woods » by Lawrence J. Leslie

The log burst the door in at a blow, Ferry and I fired, and our foes sprang in.
Extract from : « The Cavalier » by George Washington Cable

Here and there he saw clearings in the woods, and a log shanty, or perhaps a barn.
Extract from : « A Woman Intervenes » by Robert Barr

Lay a young birch or maple an inch or so in diameter across a log.
Extract from : « The Forest » by Stewart Edward White

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