Sami was in a cul-de-sac.
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Cul-de-sac
//ˈkʌldəsæk//
Synonyms for "cul-de-sac" (72 found)
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Related words (36)
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26 translations across 13 languages.
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 死巷 noun (circular area at the end of a dead end street)
- 死衚衕 /死胡同 noun (circular area at the end of a dead end street)
- 死路 noun (circular area at the end of a dead end street)
- 陷凹 noun (medicine: a sacklike cavity or tube)
Finnish
3 entries- kääntöpaikka noun (circular area at the end of a dead end street)
- pussi noun (medicine: a sacklike cavity or tube)
- tasku noun (medicine: a sacklike cavity or tube)
French
1 entries- bout de cul-de-sac résidentiel noun (circular area at the end of a dead end street)
German
4 entries- Tasche noun (medicine: a sacklike cavity or tube)
- Wendehammer noun (circular area at the end of a dead end street)
- Wendekreis noun (circular area at the end of a dead end street)
- Wendeplatte noun (circular area at the end of a dead end street)
Greek
1 entries- κόλπωμα noun (medicine: a sacklike cavity or tube)
Icelandic
1 entries- blindpoki noun (medicine: a sacklike cavity or tube)
Latin
1 entries- fundula noun (circular area at the end of a dead end street)
Macedonian
1 entries- ќо́р-сокак noun (circular area at the end of a dead end street)
Norwegian
1 entries- snuplass noun (circular area at the end of a dead end street)
Portuguese
4 entries- balão de retorno noun (circular area at the end of a dead end street)
- bolsa noun (medicine: a sacklike cavity or tube)
- cul-de-sac noun (circular area at the end of a dead end street)
- saco noun (medicine: a sacklike cavity or tube)
Russian
2 entries- слепо́й мешо́к noun (medicine: a sacklike cavity or tube)
- тупик noun (circular area at the end of a dead end street)
Spanish
1 entries- culdesac noun (circular area at the end of a dead end street)
Swedish
2 entries- vändplan noun (circular area at the end of a dead end street)
- vändplats noun (circular area at the end of a dead end street)
Sample sentences
15 total sentences available.
Sami lived in a cul-de-sac.
Source: tatoeba (7265975)
Sami and Layla lived in a cul-de-sac.
Source: tatoeba (7269972)
Sami went all the way down to the bottom of the cul-de-sac.
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