cul-de-sacs

Variant of cul-de-sac

cul-de-sac definition

cul·-de-sac (kul′də sak′, ko̵ol′-)

noun pl. cul-de-sacs cul′·-de-sacs′ or culs-de-sac culs′·-de-sac′

  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. Anat. a blind pouch, as the cecum

Etymology: Fr, lit., bottom of a sack

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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