stalemate, n.
(stalemates)
(stalemates)
drawing position in chess: any of a player's possible moves would place his king in check
<noun.event>
stalemate
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
hypernym
a situation in which no progress can be made or no advancement is possible
<noun.state> freq. cnt.: 5 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1
dead end deadlock impasse stalemate standstill
sample sentences
"reached an impasse on the negotiations"
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
hypernym