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noun
- 1. a street or passage closed at one end.
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1. : a blind diverticulum or pouch. 2. : a street or passage closed at one end. Our house is located on a quiet cul-de-sac. 3. : blind alley. If your job is a cul-de-sac, you have to quit or accept the fact that your career is over. Seth Godin. Examples of cul-de-sac in a Sentence.
CUL-DE-SAC definition: 1. a short road that is blocked off at one end 2. a situation that leads nowhere: 3. a short road…. Learn more.
Cul de sacs are designed to slow and limit the number of cars that pass through residential areas — because a cul de sac doesn't connect to another road, people can't use them as shortcuts, and they're typically mostly traveled by people who live there.
CUL-DE-SAC meaning: 1. a short road that is blocked off at one end 2. a situation that leads nowhere: 3. a short road…. Learn more.
Cul-de-sac definition: a street, lane, etc., closed at one end; blind alley; dead-end street.. See examples of CUL-DE-SAC used in a sentence.
1. a passage or position with only one outlet; blind alley; specif., a dead-end street with a turnaround at the closed end. 2. a situation from which there is no escape. 3. Anatomy. a blind pouch, as the cecum. Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.
Definition of cul-de-sac noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
CUL-DE-SAC meaning: a short road with houses that is blocked at one end. Learn more.
cul-de-sac. ( ˈkʌldəˌsæk; ˈkʊl-) n, pl culs-de-sac or cul-de-sacs. 1. (Human Geography) a road with one end blocked off; dead end. 2. an inescapable position. 3. (Anatomy) any tube-shaped bodily cavity or pouch closed at one end, such as the caecum. [C18: from French, literally: bottom of the bag]
Borrowing from French cul-de-sac, from cul (“bottom”) + de (“of”) + sac (“bag, sack”) From Wiktionary. Cul-de-sac Sentence Examples. Situated at the end of a quiet cul-de-sac, steps lead up to a private terrace with barbecue. They often end in a cul-de-sac.
