Meaning & use
cul-de-sac
A street or passage that is closed at one end, forming a dead end.
See it in a sentence
Their house sits at the end of a quiet cul-de-sac with little traffic.
Children often play safely in the cul-de-sac since cars rarely pass through.
A note on using this word
The word comes from French, and the standard English spelling keeps the hyphens: cul-de-sac, not culdesac.
Words with a similar meaning
dead end
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