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Meaning of "culs-de-sac" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF CULS-DE-SAC

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CULS-DE-SAC

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Culs-De-Sac is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES CULS-DE-SAC MEAN IN ENGLISH?

culs-de-sac

Cul-de-sac

A cul-de-sac, dead end, closed, no through road or court is a street with only one inlet/outlet. While historically built for other reasons, one of its modern uses is to calm vehicle traffic.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CULS-DE-SAC

culpa
culpability
culpable
culpable homicide
culpableness
culpably
culpae
culpatory
Culpeper
culprit
cult
cult figure
cult film
cult following
cult movie
cultch
culti
cultic
cultigen
cultish

WORDS THAT END LIKE CULS-DE-SAC

ac
air sac
bac
Barsac
cardiac
corsac
cul-de-sac
embryo sac
Gay-Lussac
Isaac
lac
lilac
mac
ovisac
sac
sign of the zodiac
vac
vocal sac
yolk sac
zodiac

Synonyms and antonyms of culs-de-sac in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «CULS-DE-SAC»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «culs-de-sac» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of culs-de-sac

Translation of «culs-de-sac» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CULS-DE-SAC

Find out the translation of culs-de-sac to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of culs-de-sac from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «culs-de-sac» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

culs小路
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

callejones sin salida
570 millions of speakers

English

culs-de-sac
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

culs -de- थैली
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

culs غير كيس دي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

ЧСУ - де-мешок
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

culs -de-sac
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

culs-দ্য-কোষ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

culs -de-sac
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Culik-de-sac
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

culs -de-sac
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

culs行き止まり
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

culs 골목
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Culs-de-sac
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

culs -de-sac
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

culs-டி-திசுப்பை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Culs-de-sac
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

culs-de-sac
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

cul - de - sac
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

culs - de - sac
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

ЧСУ - де- мішок
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

culs - de-sac
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

CULS - de - sac
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

gesteektes -de- sac
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

återvändsgränden
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

culs -de - sac
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of culs-de-sac

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CULS-DE-SAC»

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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CULS-DE-SAC» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about culs-de-sac

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QUOTES WITH «CULS-DE-SAC»

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Peter Guber
Every journey that is successful has culs-de-sac and speed bumps. I carry a wisdom gene through my life through the good, the bad, and the ugly.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CULS-DE-SAC»

Discover the use of culs-de-sac in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to culs-de-sac and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Crime Prevention Through Housing Design: Policy and Practice
In this paper, Hillier's findings suggest that rather than it being a simplistic presentation of through roads versus culs-de-sac, it is 'leaky' culs-de-sac as opposed to culs-de-sac in general which present security problems, and that even ...
Rachel Armitage, 2013
2
Making Ancient Cities: Space and Place in Early Urban Societies
Streets Culs de sac 0 20 m N Chuera Beydar Kazane A B C In some cases, culs- de-sac were probably part of the original city plan; in other cases, they may represent the activities of residents creating defensible space by expanding their  ...
Andrew Creekmore, Kevin D. Fisher, 2014
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Homes, Cities and Neighbourhoods: Planning and the ...
For example Design Bulletin 32, concluded that shared surface culs-de-sac schemes were 'highly regarded by residents' and that ' ... no accidents at all had been recorded on shared surface roads' (DoE/DT 1 992, 13). 32 Examples of shared ...
Barry Goodchild, 2008
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Traité d'imagerie médicale - Volume 1 - 2e éd.
Les culs-de-sac costodiaphragmatiques latéraux sont aigus et profonds, situés entre la corticale interne des côtes et le diaphragme. Les culs-de-sac costodiaphragmatiques postérieurs sont plus déclives, et les vaisseaux lobaires inférieurs ...
NAHUM Henri, 2013
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Stevenage: A Sociological Study of a New Town
Some planners would hit, e.g., upon the idea of the cul-de—sac, and for decades fellow planners would incorporate culs-de-sac in their plans. It seemed so transparent that these broke up .'ribbon development', encouraged ' neighbourliness', ...
Harold Orlans, 2013
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Philosophical Transactions
From the upper part of these culs de sac they are continued upwards and outwards, forming a curve like the handles of a vase, then descend, converge, and terminate close together, as in the preceding example. In 'Dasyurus viven' inus and ...
Royal Society (Great Britain), 1834
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Social Housing in Ireland: A Study of Success, Failure, and ...
Reasonably well laid out in culs-de-sac, but featureless, monotonous and with large amounts of open functionless green space. Standard of Dwelling Design and Construction Reasonably good; some problems with heating and draw on ...
Tony Fahey, 1999
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On the generation of the marsupial animals: with a ...
From the upper part of these culs de sac they are continued upwards and outwards, forming a curve like the handles of a vase, then descend, converge, and terminate close together, as in the preceding example. In Dasyurus viverrinus and ...
Richard Owen, 1834
9
Streets and Patterns
The parameters are chosen to home in on features – blocks, crossroads and culs -de-sac – directly associated with 'conventional suburban' and 'neo-traditional' layouts, and hence the 'preferred' and 'discouraged' patterns of the design ...
Stephen Marshall, 2004
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Handbook of Road Technology, Fourth Edition
Culs-de-sac and loops service only abutting properties; local distributors only service culs-de-sac, loops, and abutting properties; and precinct distributors only service traffic from the adjoining precinct. As indicated in Figure 7.1, the ends of ...
M. G. Lay, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CULS-DE-SAC»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term culs-de-sac is used in the context of the following news items.
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An innocent abroad: Hunters in the Dark is a shady portrait of travel
Patricia Highsmith gave us portraits of naive, often malignant, fellow compatriots in foreign places, landing themselves in culs-de-sac of their ... «New Statesman, May 15»
2
Feds say Grandma hid pill mill ring
She often had contractors renovating her 3,400-square-foot home in the winding Falcon Pointe development of culs-de-sac, where neighbors ... «Indiana Gazette, May 15»
3
The Seychelles: the ultimate active archipelago?
It's like an oceanic Serengeti down there, where excited creatures congregate around lichen-rich rocks and culs-de-sac of vivid coral. With its ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Apr 15»
4
​Record price achieved for Marylebone mews house
Often located on cobbled streets and in culs-de-sac, mews houses offer a peaceful, village-style vibe in the heart of the city, and commonly sell ... «Homes and Property, Apr 15»
5
Oh no, it's another quiet cul-de-sac
Culs-de-sac are another big feature of bayfront architecture. We went up to a leisurely tract of land that held the old Coast Guard housing, ... «San Francisco Chronicle, Apr 15»
6
Red Seal plans headed to Northbrook Plan Commission
Red Seal materials provided to Pioneer Press indicate that two culs-de-sac on the 137-home property are undersized, according to Northbrook ... «Chicago Tribune, Apr 15»
7
Deputy-involved shooting leaves one dead in Encinitas
Shadytree Lane is a peaceful pocket of Encinitas, featuring cozy culs-de-sac, tennis courts and swimming pools, which is why for its residents, ... «KUSI, Mar 15»
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The Inequality Debate Needs to be Careful about Scale
Our metro area sprawls out for miles, culs-de-sac filling the horizon with nice new homes and good schools. And as a region, we generally rank ... «Twin Cities Daily Planet, Mar 15»
9
The Hidden Muscle in the Immigration Debate
The daughter of doctors, Pandya is familiar with upper-middle-class Indians who see their lives in culs-de-sac as far from the border fence. «OZY, Mar 15»
10
Getting Names Wrong
... of the same name created thousands of new customers from the female readers who passed the book around their suburban culs-de-sac. «New York Times, Feb 15»

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