dead end

== English == === Alternative forms === dead-end, deadend === Pronunciation === === Noun === dead end (plural dead ends) (idiomatic) A street or path or tunnel that goes nowhere or is blocked on one end. (mining) The inner end of a drift or tunnel. 1912 Queensland Annual Report of the Under Secretary for Mines for 1911. Brisbane, Australia. p.167 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. (figurative) A position that offers no hope of change or progress. A split end in the hair. ==== Synonyms ==== cul-de-sac blind alley impasse ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== no outlet no through road === Anagrams === dedenda