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cul-de-sac
(redirected from Douglas' cul-de-sac)

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cul-de-sac  (kld-sk, kl-)
n. pl. culs-de-sac (klz-, klz-) or cul-de-sacs (kl-)
1.
a. A dead-end street.
b. 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.

[French : cul, bottom (from Old French, from Latin clus; see culet) + de, of (from Old French, from Latin d; see de-) + sac, sack (from Old French, from Latin saccus; see sack1).]

cul-de-sac
Noun
pl culs-de-sac or cul-de-sacs a road with one end blocked off [French: bottom of the bag]
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cul-de-sac
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cul-de-sac [ˈkʌldəsæk] ncallejón m sin salida

cul-de-sac [ˈkʌldəsæk] ncul-de-sac m, impasse f

cul-de-sac [ˈkʌldəsæk] nSackgasse f

cul-de-sac [ˈkʌldəsæk] nvicolo cieco

cul-de-sac
n cul-de-sac [ˈkaldəsӕk]
a street closed at one end. blinde steeg/straat, doodloopstraat, doodlooppunt طَريق مَسْدود задънена улица slepá ulice blind vej; lukket vej die Sackgasse αδιέξοδο callejón sin salida tupik بن بست umpikuja cul-de-sac רְחוֹב לְלֹא מוֹצָא बंदगली slijepa ulica zsákutca jalan buntu blindgata vicolo cieco 行きどまり 막다른 골목 aklagatvis aklā iela; strupceļš jalan mati doodlopende straat blindvei ślepa uliczka beco sem saída fundătură тупик slepá ulica slepa ulica ćorsokak återvändsgränd, -gata ทางตัน çıkmaz sokak 死胡同 глуха вулиця, сліпа вулиця بند گلی ngõ cụt


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