(idiomatic) Of an issue, moot, passed, irrelevant, forgotten. / (idiomatic) Of a project or plan, wholly dispensed with; never to be completed or revived.

Alternative spelling of dead tree

(idiomatic, slang) An empty container, usually a bottle or can which contained an alcoholic beverage.

Misspelling of deadline.

plural of dead end

plural of dead-end

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dead-end

(linguistics) A former metaphor which has in effect lost its metaphorical status and become literal. Not to be confused with stale metaphor (a type of cliché), although it often is.

An item of mail that cannot be delivered to its intended recipient; after some time it is returned to the sender, or destroyed. / A law or other measure that is no longer enforced.

plural of dead president