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Meanings of cul de sac in English

Catalan
cul-de-sac

A street with only one way in or out.

        cul-de-sac
        Portuguese
        beco sem saída

        A passage with access only at one end.

              beco sem saída
              Usage of cul de sac in English
              1
              The blacktopped road ceased in a crudely shaped, forest-lined cul de sac.
              Explosive
              2
              The Mediterranean is a cul de sac, with Atlantis opposite its mouth.
              Atlantis: The Antedeluvian World
              3
              Number 13 Millmount Place is a mid-terrace three-bed in the cul de sac.
              The Irish Times
              4
              The Republic could soon find itself in a cul de sac on tax.
              The Irish Times
              5
              There I found myself in a sort of cul de sac.
              Adventures and Letters of Richard Harding Davis
              6
              He was arrested when he drove into a cul de sac.
              The Irish Times
              7
              Linda Jury was just happy no one in the cul de sac was hurt.
              Radio NZ
              8
              Alec pulled the car over to the curb just before a cul de sac.
              Eve of darkness
              9
              The cul de sac has a mix of housing stock.
              The Irish Times
              10
              She came away as usual, feeling of having run into a cul de sac.
              Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Winston Churchill
              11
              She felt for the moment that life did not end in a cul de sac.
              The Judgment House
              12
              In a cul de sac, the house has three receptions downstairs along with a kitchen.
              The Irish Times
              13
              Maybe he was heading up another cul de sac.
              The genesis secret
              14
              There was an alley just outside the hotel, a cul de sac, black and empty.
              To-morrow?
              15
              The entrance to the house is on Elm Park, a quiet little cul de sac.
              The Irish Times
              16
              Julie Dawson gives an eyewitness account of the drama in a Christchurch cul de sac.
              Radio NZ
              Translations for cul de sac