strait
Meaning of strait
noun
- a narrow passage of water connecting two seas or two other large areas of water.
the Straits of Gibraltar
- used in reference to a situation characterized by a specified degree of trouble or difficulty.
the economy is in dire straits
redundancy left him in severe financial straits
- (of a place) of limited spatial capacity; narrow or cramped.
the road was so strait that a handful of men might have defended it
Middle English: shortening of Old French estreit ‘tight, narrow’, from Latin strictus ‘drawn tight’ (see strict).
Information about strait
- The plural form of strait is: straits.
- Languages in which strait is used:
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Hyphenation of strait
strait
- It consists of 1 syllables and 6 chars.
- strait is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
strait synonyms
Meaning sound:
Meaning pass:
Meaning a length of water wider than a strait, joining two larger areas of water, especially two seas:
Meaning a narrow channel connecting two larger areas of water:
Meaning a small arm of the sea, a lake, or a river:
Meaning the part of a person's or animal's body connecting the head to the rest of the body:
Meaning a narrow sea channel:
Meaning the state or condition of being difficult:
Meaning difficulty or problems:
Meaning a time of intense difficulty or danger:
Translation of strait
Anagrams of strait
artist, sittar, strati, traist, traits, Trista
Words that rhyme with strait
rait, karait, krait, korait, Strait, autoportrait, distrait, extrait, intrait, overdistrait, overstrait, portrait, retrait, trait
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