dead-end street
Road without exit
A dead-end street is a road with only one way in and out, terminating without connection to another thoroughfare.
Cars must turn around to leave.
The term extends figuratively to situations offering no progress or advancement: This job feels like a dead-end street.
Also called a cul-de-sac or no-through road.
- cul-de-sacStreet closed at end
- impasseSituation without resolution
- alleyNarrow way between buildings
- no through roadStreet without exit
- blockedPassage prevented or impeded
neighborhood · turnaround · turning around · quiet · suburban · pavement · mailbox · driveway · stuck · nowhere · barrier · brick wall · sign · residential · secluded · trap · corner · blind
dead-end streetthoroughfare
Main public road
main road · arterial road · boulevard · highway · freeway
dead-end streetopen road
Unobstructed route ahead
path forward · gateway · stepping stone · launching pad · opportunity
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