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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024cul-de-sac /ˈkʌldəˌsæk, ˈkʊl-/USA pronunciation n. [countable], pl. culs-de-sac. - a street, lane, etc., closed at one end;
dead-end street:a house at the end of the cul-de-sac. - any situation in which further progress is impossible:That line of investigation is a cul-de-sac.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024cul-de-sac (kul′də sak′, -sak′, kŏŏl′-; Fr. kydə sak′),USA pronunciation n., pl. culs-de-sac (kulz′də sak′, -sak′, kŏŏlz′-; Fr. kydə sak′).USA pronunciation - a street, lane, etc., closed at one end;
blind alley;
dead-end street. - any situation in which further progress is impossible.
- Militarythe hemming in of a military force on all sides except behind.
- Anatomya saclike cavity, tube, or the like, open only at one end, as the cecum.
- French: literally, bottom of the sack
- 1730–40
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: cul-de-sac /ˈkʌldəˌsæk ˈkʊl-/ n ( pl culs-de-sac, cul-de-sacs)- a road with one end blocked off; dead end
- an inescapable position
Etymology: 18th Century: from French, literally: bottom of the bag |