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CUL DE SAC

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A street with only one way in or out

Synonyms:

blind alley; cul de sac; dead-end street; impasse

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("cul de sac" is a kind of...):

thoroughfare (a public road from one place to another)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A passage with access only at one end

Synonyms:

cul; cul de sac; dead end

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("cul de sac" is a kind of...):

passage (a way through or along which someone or something may pass)

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