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- DictionaryStrait/strāt/
noun
- 1. a narrow passage of water connecting two seas or two other large areas of water: "the Strait of Gibraltar"
- 2. used in reference to a situation characterized by a specified degree of trouble or difficulty: "the economy is in dire straits"
adjective
- 1. (of a place) of limited spatial capacity; narrow or cramped: archaic "the road was so strait that a handful of men might have defended it"
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Strait definition: a narrow passage of water connecting two large bodies of water.. See examples of STRAIT used in a sentence.
Definition of strait noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
STRAIT definition: a narrow area of sea that connects two large areas of sea: . Learn more.
straits [plural] : a very difficult situation. Her campaign is in desperate straits. The company is in desperate financial straits. The economy is in dire straits. STRAIT meaning: 1 : a narrow passage of water that connects two large bodies of water often plural; 2 : a very difficult situation.
strait /streɪt/ n. ( often plural) a narrow channel of the sea linking two larger areas of sea. ( often plural) a position of acute difficulty (often in the phrase in dire or desperate straits) archaic a narrow place or passage. adj archaic. (of spaces, etc) affording little room.
Definitions of 'strait' 1. strait the straits. [...] 2. in straits. [...] More. Pronunciations of 'strait' American English: streɪt British English: streɪt. More. Synonyms of 'strait' • channel, sound, narrows, stretch of water [...] • difficulty, crisis, mess, pass [...] More. Collocations with the word 'strait' narrow strait.
part of speech: noun. definition 1: a narrow channel of water between two larger bodies. The Bering Strait separates Alaska from Russia. synonyms: narrows. definition 2: (usu. pl.) a condition or position of need, distress, or constraint.
