dead end

Definition

A street or path or tunnel that goes nowhere or is blocked on one end.

Example Sentences

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