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Meaning of "dead-end street" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF DEAD-END STREET

dead-end street  [ˌdedˈend striːt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DEAD-END STREET

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Dead-End street is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES DEAD-END STREET MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of dead-end street in the English dictionary

The definition of dead-end street in the dictionary is a street blocked at one end.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DEAD-END STREET


backstreet
ˈbækˌstriːt
Bradstreet
ˈbrædˌstriːt
bystreet
ˈbaɪˌstriːt
concrete
ˈkɒnkriːt
discrete
dɪsˈkriːt
Dutch-treat
ˈdʌtʃˌtriːt
entreat
ɪnˈtriːt
estreat
ɪˈstriːt
extreat
eksˈtriːt
greet
ɡriːt
high-street
ˈhaɪˌstriːt
intreat
ɪnˈtriːt
maltreat
mælˈtriːt
misentreat
ˌmɪsɪnˈtriːt
mistreat
ˌmɪsˈtriːt
overtreat
ˌəʊvəˈtriːt
pretreat
priːˈtriːt
retreat
rɪˈtriːt
street
striːt
treat
triːt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DEAD-END STREET

dead weight
Dead White European Male
Dead White Male
dead wire
dead zone
dead-and-alive
dead-ball line
dead-cat bounce
dead-end
dead-end job
dead-letter office
dead-nettle
dead-smooth file
dead-stroke
dead-tree
deadbeat
deadbolt
deadboy
deaden
deadener

WORDS THAT END LIKE DEAD-END STREET

back street
Bay Street
cross street
Downing Street
Easy Street
Fleet Street
Grub Street
High Street
Lombard Street
Main Street
man in the street
meet and greet
off-street
side street
the Arab street
the High Street
Threadneedle Street
through street
to be a one-way street
Wall Street
Wardour Street

Synonyms and antonyms of dead-end street in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «dead-end street» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DEAD-END STREET

Find out the translation of dead-end street to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of dead-end street from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «dead-end street» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

死胡同
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

callejón sin salida
570 millions of speakers

English

dead-end street
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

गतिरोध का सड़क
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الشارع مسدود
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

тупиковая улица
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

beco sem saída
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

রাস্তার শেষ মাথা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

impasse
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Jalan buntu
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Sackgasse
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

袋小路
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

막 다른 길
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Dalan mati-mati
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cụt đường phố
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

இறந்த இறுதி தெரு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मृत अंत रस्त्यावर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

çıkmaz sokak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

vicolo cieco
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

ślepa uliczka
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

тупикова вулиця
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

stradă mort -end
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αδιέξοδο δρόμο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

doodloopstraat
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

återvändsgränd
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

blindgate
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of dead-end street

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DEAD-END STREET»

The term «dead-end street» is regularly used and occupies the 85.049 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DEAD-END STREET» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «dead-end street» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «dead-end street» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about dead-end street

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DEAD-END STREET»

Discover the use of dead-end street in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to dead-end street and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Dead End in Norvelt
Dead End in Norvelt is the winner of the 2012 Newbery Medal for the year's best contribution to children's literature and the Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction!
Jack Gantos, 2011
2
Compelled to Tell: A Fascinating Journey from a New York ...
If you long for something to set aflame a passion for souls, you’ve found it! Get ready to dig in and absorb the heartbeat of this book.
Claire H. Goodwin, 2013
3
Fireground Strategies
If not planned for in advance, there are few responses that may congest the scene and frustrate operations more than a dead-end street. Not only can dead- end mains affect the water supply, but the ability to quicldy secure an alternative,  ...
Anthony Avillo, 2008
4
Dead end
Promising to keep their mutual secret involving a car ride on a foggy night and a death on a dead end road, Natalie Erickson and her friends become the victims of a desperate killer who decides to ensure everyone's silence. Original.
R. L. Stine, 1995
5
The Guilt Trip: Getting Off a Dead-End Street
This book will help people discover an appreciation of self, innocence, and inner peace, a freedom to embrace others, and a restoration with God.
Gary E. Parker, 1993
6
Spill of the Ink
It's just a dead end street A little light ready to go out Chance to remember what was To forget you even cared Once you dreamed Then you end up On the dead end street You are an old man With little hope left Sometimes you try Just to stay  ...
A. Z. Driftwood, 2010
7
Sin Is a Dead End Street
Janet Scott's life was difficult from the beginning.
Janet Scott, 2007
8
Ragged Individualism: America in the Political Drama of The ...
Kingsley's portrayal of people and their struggle “in lice-infested slums” near filthy rivers on a New York dead-end street “is a metaphor for a greater social issue” ( Reynolds 64). The depiction of people in this play signifies people's “struggle for  ...
Gholamreza Sami, 2011
9
Was Einstein Wrong?
The author explains for us, in this epistemological discourse, how the theory of relativity and the standard model of subatomic particles is leading modern physics down an ominous dead-end street.
Enrique Morales-Riveira, 2004
10
Warped Space: Art, Architecture, and Anxiety in Modern Culture
... that has been much taken up by critics interrogating the idea of "distraction," but little studied in terms of its spatial implications.3 Here, rather than survey its place in the study of Dead End Street: Walter Benjamin and the Space of Distraction.
Anthony Vidler, 2002

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DEAD-END STREET»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term dead-end street is used in the context of the following news items.
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Clive McFarlane: Grieving Worcester family looks to future for comfort
She lives on Winchester Avenue, a dead-end street, and greeted me from a small porch set back on the side where a fence inadequately ... «Worcester Telegram, Jul 15»
2
Manuel Delisle gets absolute discharge after chainsaw road-rage …
When Delisle reached the end of a dead-end street, he got out of his car and threatened the family with a chainsaw. On Tuesday, Quebec Court ... «CBC.ca, Jul 15»
3
Friends, strangers come together at toddler's memorial
THIS MEMORIAL HAS BEEN HERE FOR THREE WEEKS AT THE END OF A DEAD-END STREET WHERE ADRIONNA WAS CONCERNED. «WTAE Pittsburgh, Jul 15»
4
Children killed in Clarksville fire identified
The 750-square-foot house, at the end of a dead-end street, was destroyed. Ann Howard was sleeping in a front bedroom, and the two boys ... «Clarksville Leaf Chronicle, Jul 15»
5
Raid of Dumont house finds LSD, marijuana, Codeine, prosecutor …
... task force found Codeine syrup, LSD tabs and marijuana in a Dumont house nestled along a dead-end street, officials said Tuesday. Dumont ... «NJ.com, Jul 15»
6
Wild ride ends with $1600 fine
Douglas also turned onto a dead-end street and hit a fence, where the vehicle's licence plate was caught and embedded, then sped back to the ... «Sarnia Observer, Jul 15»
7
Mother's arrest in death of 3-year-old sparks renewed mourning
THIS MEMORIAL HAS BEEN HERE FOR THREE WEEKS AT THE END OF A DEAD-END STREET WHERE ADRIONNA WAS CONCERNED. «WTAE Pittsburgh, Jul 15»
8
Lawyers and doctors reject assurances on detention centre secrecy
... general practitioner Barri Phatarfod agreed, saying such concerns often ended up "in a dead-end street or mired in paperwork". «Sydney Morning Herald, Jul 15»
9
These wannabe gangsters are dumb, but not funny in any way
As the police car followed the Ford into a dead-end street, the suspects pulled a quick U-turn and sped back up the street at the police car. «Herald Sun, Jul 15»
10
Gov. Bentley Awards $120K Grant to Create Jobs in Cullman
Funding will be used to extend St. Joseph Drive, a dead-end street where the hotel will be built, with Hayes Drive. The road connection will ... «CullmanSense, Jul 15»

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