CUL-DE-SAC Definition & Meaning

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cul-de-sac

[kuhl-duh-sak, -sak, kool-, kyd^uh-sak]

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noun

plural

culs-de-sac

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

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of cul-de-sac¹

1730–40; < French: literally, bottom of the sack

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of cul-de-sac¹

C18: from French, literally: bottom of the bag

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"Russell Close is a long, straight cul-de-sac, where most people know each other."

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Lucrecia Macias Barajas, 46, was found dead May 12 by one of her three daughters after she traced her mother’s cellphone to a large, tarp-covered shelter in a notorious Westlake cul-de-sac.

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The homeless encampment where the bodies were found was near the end of Huntley Drive, a cul-de-sac at the top of a hill, less than 500 feet from Miguel Contreras Learning Complex and across from the administrative offices of the Los Angeles Unified School District.

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But that complaint was a legal cul-de-sac because the High Court said the prince had no evidence Ravec members had a "closed mind" or had been biased against him.

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Throughout my teen years, my family lived on a cul-de-sac at the base of Cowles Mountain, the highest summit in the park and the city.

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