Log Meaning
/lɒɡ/Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounThe trunk of a dead tree, cleared of branches.
nounAny bulky piece as cut from the above, used as timber, fuel etc.
Sentence Examples
The writer is living in a log cabin.
Please push the Ctrl+Alt+Del key to log on the system.
The police log all phone calls.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
After chopping the tree, he carried a heavy ____ to the fireplace.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The pilot kept a detailed ____ of every flight, including the weather conditions and any technical issues.
Word Origin & History
From Middle English logge, logg (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.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"Why do you look at the speck that is in your brother's eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye? Or how can you say to your brother, "Let me take the speck out of your eye," and behold, the log is in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother's eye."
— 1995, New American Standard Bible: Matthew 7, 3 - 5:
"[…] it was a thing of sinuous durability, wound around the spirit like a tapeworm around a log of shit."
— 1999, Glen Duncan, Hope:
"Dip both sides in the sauce on the plate and then arrange a log of cheese filling down the middle of the tortilla."
— 2011, Edward Espe Brown, The Complete Tassajara Cookbook:
"1659, Navigation by the Mariners Plain Scale New Plain'd, by John Collins
Every Noon the Master and his Mates take the reckoning off the Log-board, and double the Knots run, and then divide the Product, which is the number of Miles run by three, the quotient is the Leagues run since the former Noon, and according to custom the Log is thrown every two hours, and I never knew the course nearer expressed on the Log-board, then to half a point of the Compass."
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"1999, Neal Miyake https://web.archive.org/web/20060530122555/http://www.iav.com/~sponge/sesh/new2/sesh213.htm
I know he hadn’t surfed on a log much in his childhood"
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CEFR Practice Quiz
After chopping the tree, he carried a heavy ____ to the fireplace.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The pilot kept a detailed ____ of every flight, including the weather conditions and any technical issues.