dead-end street
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2.1
- noun
- /ˈdɛdˌɛnd strit/
:
calle sin salida
- It looked like a street fair as Quinn approached the dead-end street in Santa Ana where the Mercedes had been found.
- lived on a dead-end street
- little dead-end street
Examples
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I live on a dead-end street where there is no through traffic.
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My sister's house, the same house that she and I grew up in, is located at the far end of a dead-end street, a one-story job that rolls helter-skelter across its lot like spilled paint.
Fiction book (2001) -
I live alone in a big house on a dead end street.
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Yeah, the dead end street could hurt the value.
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We're looking for a dead-end street.
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Sure, I know you live on a dead-end street 20 miles from the next house.
Blog text (10) -
The economy has hit us all, and as neighbors on a dead-end street, we all take care of each other.
Blog text (2) -
I remember it was on a dead-end street, in the cheaper, older part of the neighborhood.
Fiction book (1998) -
The old house stood at the end of a dead-end street and had several acres of wooded land and a large creek that ran through it.
Fiction book (2001) -
She arrived at the large house, which sat at the back of the dead-end street, and knocked on the oak door before seeing the bell to its side.
Fiction book (1996)
Synonyms
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2.7
A street or road that ends and does not go through
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4.7
A short street closed at one end with no through traffic
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8.1
A street that ends and has no other exit
A street closed at one end with only one way in or out
Antonyms
- US
2
4.1
A wide road that lets cars and trucks travel fast without stoplights or intersections
How Connected
Surface Forms
Morphology
dead-end + street
The compound 'dead-end' transparently conveys 'an end with no continuation', so when combined with 'street' a learner who knows 'dead', 'end', and 'street' can infer it is a street that stops and does not allow through traffic. This compositional pattern is common in English and has clear parallels in many languages, making the meaning readily accessible to B1 learners.
Etymology
Dead-end street comes from the simple picture of a street that reaches a dead end. The road stops and there is no way through, so dead-end street means 'a street that is closed at one end' and often has less traffic.