CUL-DE-SAC


Meaning of CUL-DE-SAC in English

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

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.