Usually means: Termination point with no exit.
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We found 8 dictionaries that define the word dead ending:

General (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. dead-ending: Merriam-Webster
  2. dead-ending, dead-ending: Collins English Dictionary
  3. dead-ending: Wiktionary
  4. dead-ending: Dictionary.com
  5. dead-ending: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. dead-ending: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. dead-ending: Encyclopedia

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. PUMP AND SEAL TERMS (No longer online)

(Note: See dead_end as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (dead end)

noun:  (idiomatic) A street or path or tunnel that goes nowhere or is blocked on one end.
noun:  (mining) The inner end of a drift or tunnel.
noun:  (figurative) A position that offers no hope of change or progress.
noun:  A split end in the hair.
▸ Also see dead_end


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