| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| cul-de-sac |
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| PRONUNCIATION: |  k l d -s k, k l - |
| NOUN: | Inflected forms: pl. culs-de-sac (klz-, klz-) or cul-de-sacs (kl-)
1a. 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. | | ETYMOLOGY: | French : cul, bottom (from Old French, from Latin c lus; see culet) + de, of (from Old French, from Latin d ; see de–) + sac, sack (from Old French, from Latin saccus; see sack1).
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