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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. a situation in which no progress can be made or no advancement is possible;
- Example: "reached an impasse on the negotiations"
[syn: deadlock, dead end, impasse, stalemate, standstill]

2. an interruption of normal activity;
[syn: stand, standstill, tie-up]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Standstill \Stand"still`\ (-st[i^]l`), n. A standing without moving forward or backward; a stop; a state of rest. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

standstill n 1: a situation in which no progress can be made or no advancement is possible; "reached an impasse on the negotiations" [syn: deadlock, dead end, impasse, stalemate, standstill] 2: an interruption of normal activity [syn: stand, standstill, tie-up]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

47 Moby Thesaurus words for "standstill": arrest, bell, blind alley, box, cessation, check, checkmate, corner, cul-de-sac, cutoff, dead end, dead set, dead stand, dead stop, dead-end street, deadlock, dying down, ebb, ebbing, end, endgame, ending, extremity, final whistle, full stop, grinding halt, gun, halt, hole, impasse, lock, lockout, pause, sit-down strike, stalemate, stand, standoff, stay, stillstand, stop, stoppage, strike, subsidence, walkout, wane, waning, work stoppage