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cul-de-sac
[kuhl-duh-sak, -sak, koo
l-; Fr. kyduh-sak] 
–noun, plural culs-de-sac [kuhlz-duh-sak, -sak, koolz-; Fr. kyduh-sak] .
[kuhlz-duh-sak, -sak, koolz-; Fr. kyduh-sak] . | 1. | a street, lane, etc., closed at one end; blind alley; dead-end street. |
| 2. | any situation in which further progress is impossible. |
| 3. | the hemming in of a military force on all sides except behind. |
| 4. | Anatomy. a saclike cavity, tube, or the like, open only at one end, as the cecum. |
Origin:
1730–40; < F: lit., bottom of the sack
1730–40; < F: lit., bottom of the sack
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