Word Meaning

log definition and meaning

n. A Hebrew measure of liquids, containing 2.37 gills.
n. A bulky piece of wood which has not been shaped by hewing or sawing.
n. An apparatus for measuring the rate of a ship's motion through the water.
n. Hence: The record of the rate of ship's speed or of her daily progress; also, the full nautical record of a ship's cruise or voyage; a log slate; a log book.
n. A record and tabulated statement of the work done by an engine, as of a steamship, of the coal consumed, and of other items relating to the performance of machinery during a given time.
n. A weight or block near the free end of a hoisting rope to prevent it from being drawn through the sheave.
v. t. To enter in a ship's log book; as, to log the miles run.
v. i. To engage in the business of cutting or transporting logs for timber; to get out logs.
v. i. To move to and fro; to rock.

Crossword clues for log

- A diary
- Cut down (forest)
- Harvest (forest)
- Inventory
- Journal
- Piece of lumber
- Record
- record of performance and events
- Register
- Register or record
- Section Of A Felled Tree
- Ship’s record
- Stump
- Tree trunk
- Unhewn piece of timber
- Written record of a journey