The definition of a cul de sac is a dead end street.
An example of a cul de sac is a street that ends in a circle instead of going into another street.
pl. cul·-de-sacs′ or culs·-de-sac′
- a passage or position with only one outlet; blind alley; specif., a dead-end street with a turnaround at the closed end
- a situation from which there is no escape
- Anat. a blind pouch, as the cecum
Origin of cul-de-sacFr, literally , bottom of a sack
nounpl. cul-de-sacs or culs-de-sac
- a. 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).
- Anatomy A saclike cavity or tube open only at one end.
Origin of cul-de-sacFrench : cul, bottom (from Old French, from Latin c&umacron;lus; see culet) + de, of (from Old French, from Latin d&emacron;; see de–) + sac, sack (from Old French, from Latin saccus; see sack1).
- Alternative spelling of cul-de-sac.
(plural cul-de-sacs or culs-de-sac)