dead zone
noun [C]Definition
› a place where a mobile phone does not work because there is no signalCommunicating by telephoneCommunications technology - general words › a place or time in which nothing happens: The village is a dead zone for many young people.Boredom, tedium and boring things
(Definition of dead zone noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- a wet weekend idiom
- boredom noun
- bromide noun (COMMENT)
- cabin fever noun
- commonplace noun
- corn noun (EMOTION)
- crashing bore noun
- ennui noun
- flatness noun (NO EMOTION)
- frustration noun (FEELING)
- longueur noun
- monotony noun
- sterility noun
- tedium noun
- torpor noun
- treadmill noun (REPEATED WORK)
- yawn noun
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