cul-de-sac

Noun

Meaning

A passage with only one outlet, as a street closed at one end; a blind alley; hence, a trap.

a position in which an army finds itself with no way of exit but to the front.

Any bag-shaped or tubular cavity, vessel, or organ, open only at one end.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Alternative names

cul de sac

Synonyms

dead end dead-end street blind alley impasse cul avenue lane boulevard cul-de-sac close court alley road drive block
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Antonyms

way success solution advantage progress resolution
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Hypernyms

passage thoroughfare

Derivatives

Culs-de-sac

Examples

Between 1682 and 1684, Downing built the cul-de-sac of two-storey townhouses with coach-houses, stables and views of St James's Park. Source: Internet

A proposed cartway access to property Ideal Township would run through a cul-de-sac at the end of Ideal Avenue, which is part of the Idyllwood Common Interest Community. Source: Internet

Cappelli, a former contestant on “The Voice,” began singing in the cul-de-sac after neighbors, adhering to the coronavirus orders, craved some social interaction. Source: Internet

An exceptional four double bedroom detached house situated within this highly desirable cul-de-sac. Source: Internet

Cheryl's election in 2006 when she campaigned for the extension proved to be the impetus to drive a split council vote (3-2) to restore the decades-old general plan to connect the two roads instead of making the Stoneridge thoroughfare a cul-de-sac. Source: Internet

In 1959, Kahn designed a boxy stucco and concrete residence for Margaret Esherick, a Philadelphia bookseller who wanted a quiet place to store and write books on a leafy cul-de-sac in the city’s Chestnut Hill neighborhood. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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