cul-de-sac

noun

Definition of cul-de-sacnext
as in road
a street that is designed to connect to another street only at one end Our house is located on a quiet cul-de-sac.

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Recent Examples of cul-de-sac Police flocked to a quiet cul-de-sac on Garth Court near Corona Ave. — Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 13 Aug. 2026 Ideally located at the end of a quiet cul-de-sac in the Taskers Pond neighborhood, a handsome colonial has just come on the market. — James Alexander, Hartford Courant, 9 Aug. 2026 Their house is fine, Wilson said, despite flames that leveled an entire cul-de-sac just two blocks away, leaving only chimneys standing in some cases. — ABC News, 5 Aug. 2026 Hidden at the end of a cul-de-sac atop Filaret Hill, Bucharest’s highest point, this property, which is rumored to have once served as a KGB headquarters, caters to a crowd that includes dignitaries and celebrities. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for cul-de-sac
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cul-de-sac
  1. road
  2. thoroughfare
  3. highway
  4. roadway
  5. boulevard
  6. carriageway
  7. avenue
  8. lane
Noun
  • The greatest concern is high tide through Sunday morning and swells from the remnants of Tropical Storm Rachel could create dangerous conditions with beach erosion and seawater once again flooding beach roads and paths.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 11 Oct. 2026
  • The former Cup champion finished third, overcoming a speeding-on-pit-road penalty and other drama en route to that result.
    — Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 11 Oct. 2026
Definition of road
Noun
  • Rancho Cordova was awarded more than $3 million in grants from a local agency for two road improvement projects on major city thoroughfares.
    — Camryn Dadey, Sacbee.com, 7 Oct. 2026
  • The crash occurred along the Hawan Kibo-Jos route, a major thoroughfare connecting Plateau to Abuja, the capital.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 3 Oct. 2026
Definition of thoroughfare
Noun
  • The fences are required so that access is limited along the highway.
    — Lynn Kutter, Arkansas Online, 13 Oct. 2026
  • If a semi can travel hundreds of highway miles without a person in the cab, what happens to the person who used to sit there?
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of highway
Noun
  • Low-lying roadways are likely to be flooded, requiring barricades.
    — NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 11 Oct. 2026
  • In addition, significant ponding of water on low-lying beach roadways could make driving difficult.
    — CA Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 10 Oct. 2026
Definition of roadway
Noun
  • The centerpiece boulevard has become blighted by empty lots and vacant buildings.
    — Gary Fields, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2026
  • More than a century later, Ben Ali was honored along the boulevard in the neighborhood that bore the old rancho’s name.
    — Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of boulevard
Noun
  • The man had exited an ambulance that stopped to provide further treatment on the northbound carriageway between Weston-super-Mare and Clevedon while taking him to the hospital.
    — Gabrielle Rockson, PEOPLE, 2 Dec. 2025
  • Two Turkey fans stood in the middle of a three-lane carriageway.
    — James Horncastle, The Athletic, 6 July 2024
Definition of carriageway
Noun
  • The Re>Birth Programme is aimed at connecting rights holders of classic films with buyers, distributors, programmers, sales agents, film labs and publishers and facilitate new avenues of commercial exploitation.
    — Ed Meza, Variety, 9 Oct. 2026
  • Judge Eaton wrote that a class action suit is one avenue importers can take to push forward the refund process.
    — Kate Nishimura, Footwear News, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of avenue
Noun
  • Ultra small-scale events, on the other hand, are also carving out a lane for themselves in the ecosystem.
    — Noor Lobad, Footwear News, 9 Oct. 2026
  • Investigators obtained dash camera footage that showed Whittmore crossing into the opposite lane of traffic in the same area a day earlier in an apparent attempt to crash head-on into a garbage truck, the Sheriff’s Office statement said.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of lane

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“Cul-de-sac.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cul-de-sac. Accessed 13 Oct. 2026.

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