cul de sac

Definition of Cul De Sac in English :

1. cul, cul de sac, dead end

a passage with access only at one end

a street with only one way in or out

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Cul De Sac

nounWord forms: plural culs-de-sac or cul-de-sacs

1.

a road with one end blocked off; dead end

2.

an inescapable position

3.

any tube-shaped bodily cavity or pouch closed at one end, such as the caecum

nounWord forms: plural ˌcul-ˈde-sacs or ˌculs-ˈde-sac

1.

a passage or position with only one outlet; blind alley; specif., a dead-end street with a turnaround at the closed end

2.

a situation from which there is no escape

3. Anatomy

a blind pouch, as the cecum

n. pl. cul-de-sacs or culs-de-sac (kŭlz-, klz′-)

1.

a. A dead-end street, especially one ending in a circular turnaround.

b. A circular turnaround at the end of a dead-end street.

c. An impasse: "This was the cul-de-sac the year kept driving me toward: men and women would always be at odds" (Philip Weiss).

2. Anatomy A saclike cavity or tube open only at one end.