What is the meaning of Cul-de-sac?

  • (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.
  • (n.) Any bag-shaped or tubular cavity, vessel or organ, open only at one end.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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