Word: Strait
How to pronounce: streɪt
Noun
Definitions:
1. A narrow passage of water connecting two seas or two other large areas of water.
Example sentences: "The Strait of Gibraltar"
2. Used in reference to a situation characterized by a specified degree of trouble or difficulty.
Example sentences: "The economy is in dire straits"
Adjective
Definitions:
1. (of a place) of limited spatial capacity; narrow or cramped.
Example sentences: "The road was so strait that a handful of men might have defended it"
Synonyms:
straits
passage
channel
bosphorus
sound
pass
Derivations:
straiten
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Strait in Other Languages...
Spanish:
German: Meerenge
French: Strait
Italian: Strait
Turkish: Boğaz
