cul-de-sac – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
Cul-de-sac
A
cul-de-sac ,
dead end (
British,
Canadian,
American,
South African English, and
Australian English),
closed,
no through road,
a close (
British,
Canadian, and
Australian English),
no exit (
New Zealand English) or
court (
American,
Australian English) is a street with only one inlet/outlet. While historically built for other reasons, one of its modern uses is to
calm vehicle traffic.
Cul-de-sac (disambiguation)
A
cul-de-sac is a dead-end street with only one inlet/outlet.
cul-de-sac
nm.
dead end
cul-de-sac
n.
slepá ulice
cul-de-sac
Rzecz.
ślepa uliczka
Cul-de-sac
(n.)
Any bag-shaped or tubular cavity, vessel, or organ, open only at one end.
(n.)
a position in which an army finds itself with no way of exit but to the front.
(n.)
A passage with only one outlet, as a street closed at one end; a blind alley; hence, a trap.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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