cul-de-sac

Meaning

Noun

  • A blind alley or dead end street.
  • A circular area at the end of a dead end street to allow cars to turn around, designed so children can play on the street, with little or no through-traffic.
  • An impasse.
  • A sack-like cavity, a tube open at one end only.

Origin

  • Borrowed from French cul-de-sac, from cul + de + sac

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