dead end
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: 5.07 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "That road comes to a dead end at the lake."
- "With a blast, take his cash before I dash and bash his head in / Dump him at the dead end, and that's just his luck"
- "The ventilation of dead ends — always a serious problem — has in some mines been an absolute necessity. At the Oriental Consols Gold Mine a crosscut at a depth of 2,600 ft. has been continued to over 1,400 ft. from the shaft, and at the No. 2 South Great Eastern Gold Mine crosscutting and driving has been carried on at depths of 1,750 ft. and 2,000 ft. In order to ventilate these dead ends blowers have been used to force air into the faces through lines of pipes."
- "Her father suggested that she decline the job because it was a dead end."
- "Furthermore, this muscular liberal project is a dead end. It's a nostalgic grab for old certainties."
- "Russia calls talks a ‘dead end’ and it becomes clear that troop build-up is not a bluff to achieve other ends[.]"