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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"
The meaning of STRAIT is a comparatively narrow passageway connecting two large bodies of water —often used in plural but singular in construction. How to use strait in a sentence. strait or straight? Synonym Discussion of Strait.
Strait definition: a narrow passage of water connecting two large bodies of water.. See examples of STRAIT used in a sentence.
A strait is a narrow sea channel or a difficult situation — remember that both are difficult to navigate. If you're stranded on a strait off the Black Sea, you might also say that you're in dire straits. The noun strait comes from the Latin word strictus, meaning "to bind or draw tight."
STRAIT definition: 1. a narrow area of sea that connects two larger areas of sea: 2. a difficult situation…. Learn more.
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STRAIT meaning: 1. a narrow area of sea that connects two larger areas of sea: 2. a difficult situation…. Learn more.
5 days ago · a. a narrow channel of the sea linking two larger areas of sea. b. ( capital as part of a name ) the Strait of Gibraltar. 2. (often plural) a position of acute difficulty (often in the phrase in dire or desperate straits ) 3. archaic. a narrow place or passage.
2. a. Narrow or confined. b. Fitting tightly; constricted. 3. Strict, rigid, or righteous. [Middle English streit, narrow, a strait, from Old French estreit, tight, narrow, from Latin strictus, past participle of stringere, to draw tight; see streig- in Indo-European roots .] strait′ly adv. strait′ness n.
