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deadend

deadend is the alternative spelling of dead-end.

Meaning of dead-end

Adjective

dead-end (comparative more dead-end, superlative most dead-end)

  1. (also, figuratively) Going nowhere; blocked.
    • a dead-end street

See all 3 meanings of dead-end

Forms of deadend

pluraldeadends

Origin of deadend

From dead + end.

Questions about deadend

What is deadend the alternative spelling of?
Deadend is the alternative spelling of dead-end.

Words near deadend in the dictionary

  1. deadcenters
  2. deaddiction
  3. deade
  4. deaded
  5. deaden
  6. deadend
  7. deadender
  8. deadenders
  9. deadends
  10. deadened
  11. deadener

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