Dead end

noun

Word Frequency: 1.1

Definitions

1.nounA street or path that goes nowhere or is blocked on one end.

"That road comes to a dead end at the lake."

2.nounA position that offers no hope of progress.

"Her father suggested that she decline the job because it was a dead end."

3.nounA split end in the hair.

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