Usually means: Dead-end streets, limited access.
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We found 11 dictionaries that define the word cul-de-sacs:

General (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. cul-de-sacs: Merriam-Webster
  2. cul-de-sacs: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. cul-de-sacs, cul-de-sacs: Collins English Dictionary
  4. cul-de-sacs: Wiktionary
  5. cul-de-sacs: Dictionary.com
  6. Cul-de-sacs: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  7. cul-de-sacs: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. cul-de-sacs: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. cul-de-sacs: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. cul-de-sacs: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. cul-de-sacs: Medical dictionary

(Note: See cul-de-sac as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (cul-de-sac)

noun:  A blind alley or dead end street.
noun:  A circular area at the end of a dead end street to allow cars to turn around, designed so children can play on the street, with little or no through-traffic.
noun:  (figurative) An impasse.
noun:  (medicine) A sack-like cavity, a tube open at one end only.
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