CUL-DE-FOUR
\kˈʌldəfˈɔː], \kˈʌldəfˈɔː], \k_ˈʌ_l_d_ə_f_ˈɔː]\
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k[=oo]-de-foor, n. (archit.) a sort of low spherical vault, oven-like.--ns. CUL-DE-LAMPE, an ornamental design used in filling up blank spaces in a book; CUL-DE-SAC, a street, &c., closed at one end: a blind alley. [Fr. cul, bottom--L. culus; Fr. four, furnace, lampe, lamp, sac, sack.]
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