Architecture

The Oxford Pocket Dictionary... The Concise Oxford... A Dictionary of Architecture... Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes Further reading

cul-de-sac

The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

cul-de-sac / ˈkəl di ˌsak/ • n. (pl. cul-de-sacs or culs-de-sac / ˈkəl(z)/ ) a street or passage closed at one end. ∎ fig. a route or course leading nowhere: the pro-democracy forces found themselves in a political cul-de-sac. ∎ Anat. a vessel, tube, or sac, e.g., the cecum, open at only one end.

Cite this article
Pick a style below, and copy the text for your bibliography.

MLA
Chicago
APA

"cul-de-sac." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

"cul-de-sac." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-culdesac.html

"cul-de-sac." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-culdesac.html

Learn more about citation styles

cul-de-sac

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Copyright

cul-de-sac (anat.) vessel, etc., open at only one end XVIII; blind alley XIX. — F., lit. ‘bottom of the sack’.

Cite this article
Pick a style below, and copy the text for your bibliography.

MLA
Chicago
APA

T. F. HOAD. "cul-de-sac." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

T. F. HOAD. "cul-de-sac." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-culdesac.html

T. F. HOAD. "cul-de-sac." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-culdesac.html

Learn more about citation styles

cul-de-sac

A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture | 2000 | | Copyright

cul-de-sac. Alley, lane, passage, street, etc., closed at one end, with no exit except the entrance.

Cite this article
Pick a style below, and copy the text for your bibliography.

MLA
Chicago
APA

JAMES STEVENS CURL. "cul-de-sac." A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

JAMES STEVENS CURL. "cul-de-sac." A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O1-culdesac.html

JAMES STEVENS CURL. "cul-de-sac." A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. 2000. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O1-culdesac.html

Learn more about citation styles

cul-de-sac

Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

cul-de-sac •ransack • knapsack • Barsac • Cossack •Husák • woolsack • rucksack •cul-de-sac • haversack • hard tack •haystack • tic-tac • chimney stack •smokestack • Blu-Tack • thumbtack •counter-attack • Medevac •Czechoslovak, Slovak •Sarawak • bushwhack • Arawak •cognac • Armagnac • Balzac • Anzac •Prozac • Muzak

Cite this article
Pick a style below, and copy the text for your bibliography.

MLA
Chicago
APA

"cul-de-sac." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

"cul-de-sac." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-culdesac.html

"cul-de-sac." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-culdesac.html

Learn more about citation styles

Free newspaper and magazine articles

	EDITOR'S CORNER; I'm no `expert,' but experience tells me life is good on a... Newspaper article from: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN); 7/12/2006
	Beautiful Southside; Mellow by day, Glasgow's newer Cul de Sac springs into... Newspaper article from: Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland); 6/19/1999
	Newbie filmmaker directs Sam Milby in 'Cul de Sac'.(Entertainment) Newspaper article from: Manila Bulletin; 11/23/2008