1) An isthmus 2) Bering or Bosporus 3) Bering or cook 4) Bering or Cook follower 5) Bering or Hudson 6) Body of water 7) Bosporus 8) Bottleneck in the blue 9) Cabot or McClure 10) Channel of the sea 11) Channel relative 12) Commercial passage 13) Connecting body 14) Cook or Bering 15) Country icon George
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1) Bosporus 2) Canal 3) Dardanelles 4) Gulf 5) Hellespont 6) Kattegatt 7) Narrow 8) Narrows 9) Neck 10) Skagerak 11) Skagerrak 12) Solent 13) Straits
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A strait is a naturally formed, narrow, typically navigable waterway that connects two larger bodies of water. It most commonly refers to a channel of water that lies between two land masses, but it may also refer to a navigable channel through a body of water that is otherwise not navigable, for example because it is too shallow, or because it co...
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strict; rigorous; constricted
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• (superl.) Strict; scrupulous; rigorous. • (a.) A (comparatively) narrow passageway connecting two large bodies of water; -- often in the plural; as, the strait, or straits, of Gibraltar; the straits of Magellan; the strait, or straits, of Mackinaw. • (superl.) Close; intimate; near; familiar. • (a.) A narrow pass or passage. &...
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Origin: OE. Straight, streit, OF. Estreit, estroit. See Strait, a. ... 1. A narrow pass or passage. 'He brought him through a darksome narrow strait To a broad gate all built of beaten gold.' (Spenser) 'Honor travels in a strait so narrow Where one but goes abreast.' (Shak) ... 2. <geography> Specifically: A (comparatively) narrow passageway ...
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(strāt) a narrow passage. straits of the pelvis the pelvic inlet(superior pelvic strait) and pelvic outlet(inferior pelvic strait).
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a narrow area of water which joins two larger areas of water
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Strait adjective A variant of
Straight . [ Obsolete]
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Strait adverb Strictly; rigorously. [ Obsolete]
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Strait noun ;
plural Straits . [ Middle English
straight ,
streit , Old French
estreit ,
estroit . See
Strait ,
adjective ]
1. A narrow pass or passage. « He brought him through a darksome narrow
strait ...
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Strait transitive verb To put to difficulties. [ Obsolete]
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Type: Term Pronunciation: strāt Definitions: 1. A narrow passageway. inferior strait, apertura pelvis inferior; superior strait, apertura pelvis superior.
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Strait: 1. (adjective) Narrow or confined. As in straitjacket. 2. (noun) A narrow passageway. As in the pelvic strait.
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In geography, a strait is a narrow band of sea connecting two large sea areas. An example is the
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[
adj] - (archaic) strict and severe 2. [n] - a narrow channel of the sea joining two larger bodies of water
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strait 1. A narrow body of water that joins two larger bodies of water. 2. A situation that is difficult or involves hardship. 3. Very strict or severe.
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A relatively narrow waterway between two larger bodies of water. See SOUND.
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adjective strict and severe; `strait is the gate`
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Often, a narrow passage of water connecting two large bodies of water. · Often,a position of difficulty, distress, or need: Ill and penniless, he was in sad straits indeed. · a narrow passage or area. · an isthmus.
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