cul-de-sac
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4.7
- noun
- /ˌkʌl.dəˈsæk/
:
calle sin salida
- The children enjoyed playing outside in the cul-de-sac where the street ended.
- a quiet cul-de-sac
- a suburban cul-de-sac
- a dead-end cul-de-sac
And then he turns and he goes back to the back of that cul-de-sac, still calling for me.
- And then he turns and he goes back to the back of that cul-de-sac, still calling for me.
- There was no more path for it just came to a like a cul-de-sac.
- We were at the end of a cul-de-sac of a protected long driveway.
- But then I noticed she loops in the cul-de-sac again.
- So we went around her house and it's like she lived in a cul-de-sac.
- And now I'm living in a cul-de-sac with like, track houses and like all of these things that I lost.
- He comes in from the cul-de-sac playing with all the kids, and he says, Dad, I need to talk to you.
- If I dream of setting fire to cul de sacs, I wake chained to the bed.
- They seen Noah cycle up a called up to the top of a cul-de-sac.
- They haven't cleared a fucking cul-de-sac yet, you know what I'm saying?
Examples
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For a house on a cul-de-sac, this place sees a lot of traffic.
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Marty's house is on a pie-shaped lot at the end of a cul-de-sac in West Vegas.
Fiction book (1999) -
And then he turns and he goes back to the back of that cul-de-sac, still calling for me.
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This is a cul-de-sac that if we stay in, we will never get out of.
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Remember, the cul-de-sac is by the great north wall.
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A final turn, and the cul-de-sac came into view.
Fiction book (2002) -
We lived in the same cul-de-sac.
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The Ontario Provincial Police are reporting a major bust of a significant grow operation in a quiet cul-de-sac in that town.
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A house with double doors and deep eaves, it sat at the end of a cul-de-sac.
Fiction book (1999) -
Our house lies at the end of a cul-de-sac on a tributary of the Weber River.
Blog text (24)
Synonyms
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2.7
A street or road that ends and does not go through
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2.1
A street that ends at one side so cars cannot drive through
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8.1
A street that ends and has no other exit
A street closed at one end with only one way in or out
How Busy
629
1.0
- US
74
2.3
35
1.1
- Specialized
1
1.5
21
4.7
Surface Forms
Etymology
Cul-de-sac comes from French parts cul 'bottom' and sac 'bag', like English sack. Think of a street that ends like the closed bottom of a bag with no way through, and you have a cul-de-sac, a dead-end street.