cul-de-sac
61cul de sac — noun 1. a street with only one way in or out • Syn: ↑blind alley, ↑dead end street, ↑impasse • Hypernyms: ↑thoroughfare 2. a passage with access only at one end • Syn: ↑cul, ↑ …
62cul-de-sac — /kul deuh sak , sak , kool /; Fr. /kyuudeu sannk /, n., pl. culs de sac /kulz deuh sak , sak , koolz /; Fr. /kyuudeu sannk /. 1. a street, lane, etc., closed at one end; blind alley; dead end street. 2. any situation in which further progress is… …
63cul-de-sac — [[t]ˈkʌl dəˈsæk, ˌsæk, ˈkʊl [/t]] n. pl. culs de sac 1) a blind alley; dead end street 2) any situation in which further progress is impossible 3) anat. a saclike anatomical cavity or tube open at only one end, as the cecum • Etymology: 1730–40;… …
64cul-de-sac — n. (pl. culs de sac pronunc. same) 1 a street or passage closed at one end. 2 a route or course leading nowhere; a position from which one cannot escape. 3 Anat. = DIVERTICULUM. Etymology: F, = sack bottom …
65cul-de-sac — noun a) A blind alley or dead end street. b) A circular area at the end of a dead end street to allow cars to turn around, designed so children can play on street, with little or no through traffic …
66cul-de-sac — , dead end A subterranean passage having only one entry [10] …
67Cul-de-sac — Blindgyde, (overført) knibe …
68cul-de-sac — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. blind alley, dead end. See passage. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. dead end, dead end street, blind alley, impasse, blind, mew(s), enclosure; see also street , trap 1 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n.… …
69cul de sac — n. dead end, blind alley, street which has no exit; situation in which military forces are surrounded on all sides except from behind …
70cul-de-sac — n. [Fr.] Blind alley …
