strait
IPA: strˈeɪt
noun
- (geography) A narrow channel of water connecting two larger bodies of water.
- A narrow pass, passage or street.
- A neck of land; an isthmus.
- (often in the plural) A difficult position.
- A surname.
verb
- (obsolete, transitive) To confine; put to difficulties.
- (obsolete, transitive) To tighten.
adjective
- (archaic) Narrow; restricted as to space or room; close.
- (archaic) Righteous, strict.
- (obsolete) Tight; close; tight-fitting.
- (obsolete) Close; intimate; near; familiar.
- (obsolete) Difficult; distressful.
- (obsolete) Parsimonious; stingy; mean.
- Obsolete spelling of straight. [Not crooked or bent; having a constant direction throughout its length.]
adverb
- (obsolete) Strictly; rigorously.
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Examples of "strait" in Sentences
- The newspaper was in dire straits.
- The depth of the Strait of Georgia is 5km.
- The strait connects the Visayan Sea to the Bohol Sea.
- The Ionian Sea lies to the east with the Strait of Ithaca.
- The island of Pantelleria lies in the middle of the strait.
- To the north is the Strait of Wetar, to the south is the Timor Sea.
- Across the Strait of Malacca to the west lies the island of Sumatra.
- Instead the cows headed strait for the Israelites and did not waver.
- The Selasan Strait cuts through the bottom of the cluster of islands.
- It is the narrowest part of the Strait between the island and the continent.