CUL­DE-SAC


Meaning of CUL­DE-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.

[ F, = sack-bottom ]

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