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English

culs-de-sac

noun

Meaning

  1. A blind alley or dead end street.
  2. A circular area at the end of a dead end street to allow cars to turn around, designed so children can play on the street, with little or no through-traffic.
  3. An impasse.
  4. A sack-like cavity, a tube open at one end only.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data