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Cul de Sac (comic strip)
WordNet
noun
(1) A street with only one way in or out
(2) A passage with access only at one end
WiktionaryText
Etymology
French for "bottom of the bag": cul < Latin culus ("bottom") + de ("of") + sac < Latin saccus < Greek σάκκος ("sack", "bag") < Hebrew שק (saq, "sack").
Noun
cul-de-sac (plural: cul-de-sacs or culs-de-sac)
- A blind alley or dead end street.
- : A circular area at the end of a dead end street to allow cars to turn around, designed so children can play on street, with little or no through-traffic.
- An impasse.
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- A sack-like cavity or tube open at one end only.
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