Definitions for cul-de-sac

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cul-de-sac cul-de-sac

Spelling: [kuhl-duh-sak, -sak, koo<

IPA: /ˈkʌl dəˈsæk, -ˌsæk, ˈkʊl-; French küdəˈsak/

Cul-De-Sac is a 10 letter English word.

You can make 282 anagrams from letters in cul-de-sac (--accdelsu).

Definitions for cul-de-sac

noun

1. a street, lane, etc., closed at one end; blind alley; dead-end street.
2. any situation in which further progress is impossible.
3. the hemming in of a military force on all sides except behind.
4. Anatomy. a saclike cavity, tube, or the like, open only at one end, as the cecum.

Origin of cul-de-sac

1730-40; French: literally, bottom of the sack

Examples for cul-de-sac

Suppose this one that she had chosen at random terminated in a cul-de-sac?

It was only at rare times that he ran his head into a cul-de-sac.

She knew of situations like that, the cul-de-sac of chastity, worse than any devised by a Javert.

Well, my mind has been wandering and stumbled on a cul-de-sac as usual.

A magic kingdom, if you will, but within driving distance of your cul-de-sac.

And yet, lawyers like Hodgson & Fair are not likely to be led into a cul-de-sac.

In other words, Todd Akin did not stumble his way into his cul-de-sac.

Stratton Street, a cul-de-sac, was built about 1693 by Lady Stratton.

On the set, a hole was dug in the middle of a cul-de-sac, surrounded by dilapidated clay houses overlooking a shady canyon.

It is a labyrinth of winding alley often ending in a cul-de-sac.