log

Meaning

1. The trunk of a dead tree, cleared of branches.
2. Any bulky piece as cut from the above, used as timber, fuel etc.
3. A unit of length equivalent to 16 feet, used for measuring timber, especially the trunk of a tree.
4. Anything shaped like a log; a cylinder.
5. A floating device, usually of wood, used in navigation to estimate the speed of a vessel through water.
6. A blockhead; a very stupid person.
7. (slang) A heavy longboard.
8. A rolled cake with filling.
9. A weight or block near the free end of a hoisting rope to prevent it from being drawn through the sheave.
10. A piece of feces.
11. A penis.

block

journal

fallen tree

block of wood

piece of wood

veeder counter

log file

push down

round timber

log of wood

sunken log

rough lumber

cycleframe

trouser crease 3

personal history

record of events

record of journey

skeletal frame

well log

borehole log

raw wood

tump over

round wood

unsawn timber

round-log

airframe

documentation book

anvil

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/lɒɡ/

From Middle English logg, logge (first recorded in Anglo-Latin as loggum), of uncertain origin, but probably from Old Norse lóg, lág (“felled tree, log”), derived from Old Norse liggja (“to lie”). If so, then cognate with Norwegian låg (“fallen tree”), Dutch loog (“wood, timber, lumber”). Alternatively, directly from Norwegian låg (“fallen tree”), which could have been borrowed through the Norwegian timber trade. However the Old Norse/Middle Norwegian vowel is long while Middle English vowel is short.