dead-end street - Definition & Meaning | Lingo Dictionary

dead-end street

a street that has only one entrance or exit, with no passage through to another roada street that has only one entrance or exit, with no passage through to another road

Examples

Their house is located on a quiet dead-end street.
The street signs indicated that it was a dead-end street.
He drove down the dead-end street and had to turn around.

Synonyms

impasse blind alley

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dead-end street

Plural

dead-end streets

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a street that has only one entrance or exit, with no passage through to another road

Their house is located on a quiet dead-end street.
The street signs indicated that it was a dead-end street.
He drove down the dead-end street and had to turn around.
They prefer living on a dead-end street because it's less noisy.
The children played safely in the dead-end street, away from traffic.

Synonyms:

impasse blind alley