Strait - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|streɪt|
Brit.
|streɪt|
noun
- a narrow channel of the sea joining two larger bodies of water (syn: sound)
- a bad or difficult situation or state of affairs (syn: pass, straits)
- a bad or difficult situation or state of affairs (syn: pass, straits)
adjective
- narrow
strait is the gate
Extra examples
Her campaign is in desperate straits.
The company is in desperate financial straits.
The economy is in dire straits.
A people who migrated across the Bering Strait
She steered the ship through the strait.
The strait was already filled with ice-drift.
They had an hour to oar the strait.
Strait of Malacca
Strait of Dover
Strait of Messina
Strait of Singapore
Word forms
noun
singular: strait
plural: straits
singular: strait
plural: straits
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