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cul-de-sac
[ kuhl-duh-sak, -sak, kool-; French kyduh-sak ]
noun
- a street, lane, etc., closed at one end; blind alley; dead-end street.
- any situation in which further progress is impossible.
- the hemming in of a military force on all sides except behind.
- Anatomy. a saclike cavity, tube, or the like, open only at one end, as the cecum.
cul-de-sac
/ ˈkʌldəˌsæk; ˈkʊl- /
noun
- a road with one end blocked off; dead end
- an inescapable position
- any tube-shaped bodily cavity or pouch closed at one end, such as the caecum
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of cul-de-sac1
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of cul-de-sac1
Example Sentences
That was how a resident of a cul-de-sac in Liverpool described the moment she learned her neighbour for more than 30 years - Joanne Sharkey - had been charged with the 1998 killing of her baby boy.
Armed with a stack of handmade business cards, I went door to door in our suburban Chicago cul-de-sac, pitching the neighbors: “Would you like fresh-baked cookies delivered to your doorstep every Saturday morning?â€
Ye is still circling the block trying to shock every household on the cul-de-sac.
Batley moved from London to Kidwelly, Carmarthenshire, where the cult operated in a cul-de-sac, Clos yr Onnen.
After all, when she bought the property in 2021, she was told by the estate agent that a previous flood the year before, which had reached but not effected the property, was a once-in-a-lifetime event, and that flooding measures to protect the properties on the cul-de-sac would be put in place.
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