cul-de-sac
noun
ˈkəl-di-ˌsak 
ˈku̇l-;
ˌkəl-di-ˈsak,
ˌku̇l-
plural cul-de-sacs
ˈkəl-di-ˌsaks
ˈku̇l-;
ˌkəl-di-ˈsaks,
ˌku̇l-
also culs-de-sac
ˈkəl(z)-di-ˌsak
ˈku̇l(z)-;
ˌkəl(z)-di-ˈsak,
ˌku̇l(z)-
1
: a blind diverticulum or pouch
2
: a street or passage closed at one end
Our house is located on a quiet cul-de-sac.
3
: blind alley
If your job is a cul-de-sac, you have to quit or accept the fact that your career is over.—
Seth Godin
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Surrounded by a quiet residential neighborhood, the restaurant, housed in a century-old Greek Revival home sits at the end of a cul-de-sac on Richland Street amid a grove of 18 live oak trees.
—Beth D'addono, Southern Living, 4 Aug. 2025
According to Carly there is another video that shows her husband exiting their cul-de-sac onto another street.
—Anna Turning, NBC news, 28 July 2025
Place contains a 1979 organic geometric-style two-story, single-family house with a basement near the end of a cul-de-sac in a neighborhood of similar-scale homes.
—Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 July 2025
Tucked at the end of a quiet cul-de-sac on 30 acres of untouched countryside, the nearly 5,000-square-foot villa comes with everything from a heated zero-edge pool and running track to a pétanque court, a four-hole golf course, and its own chicken coop.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 18 July 2025
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Beth D'addono, Southern Living, 4 Aug. 2025
According to Carly there is another video that shows her husband exiting their cul-de-sac onto another street.
—Anna Turning, NBC news, 28 July 2025
Place contains a 1979 organic geometric-style two-story, single-family house with a basement near the end of a cul-de-sac in a neighborhood of similar-scale homes.
—Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 July 2025
Tucked at the end of a quiet cul-de-sac on 30 acres of untouched countryside, the nearly 5,000-square-foot villa comes with everything from a heated zero-edge pool and running track to a pétanque court, a four-hole golf course, and its own chicken coop.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 18 July 2025
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“Cul-de-sac.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cul-de-sac. Accessed 9 Aug. 2025.
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cul-de-sac
noun
plural culs-de-sac
ˈkəl(z)-, ˈku̇l(z)-, ˌkəl(z)-, ˌku̇l(z)-
also cul-de-sacs
-ˌsaks, -ˈsaks
also cul-de-sacs
-ˌsaks, -ˈsaks
1
: a blind diverticulum or pouch
also
: the closed end of such a pouch
2
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