Definition of strait

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Strait (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..

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Ferry :: Ferry (v. t.) To carry or transport over a river, strait, or other narrow water, in a boat..
Narrow :: Narrow (v. i.) To become less broad; to contract; to become narrower; as, the sea narrows into a strait..
Strait :: Straits (pl. ) of Strai.
Angust :: Angust (a.) Narrow; strait.
Straight-out :: Straightness (n.) A variant of Straitness.
Angustation :: Angustation (n.) The act of making narrow; a straitening or contacting.
Strelitz :: Streite (adv.) Narrowly; strictly; straitly.
Straiten :: Straiten (v. t.) To make strait; to make narrow; hence, to contract; to confine..
Straightener :: Straighten (v. t.) A variant of Straiten.
Straitly :: Strait-laced (a.) Rigid in opinion; strict in manners or morals.
Pinch :: Pinch (v. t.) Figuratively: To cramp; to straiten; to oppress; to starve; to distress; as, to be pinched for money..
Straiten :: Straitening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Straite.
Straiten :: Straiten (v. t.) To make tense, or tight; to tighten..
Disjoint :: Disjoint (v. t.) Difficult situation; dilemma; strait.
Strait :: Strait (superl.) Narrow; not broad.
Channel :: Channel (n.) A strait, or narrow sea, between two portions of lands; as, the British Channel..
Fretum :: Fretum (n.) A strait, or arm of the sea..
Strait-laced :: Strait-laced (a.) Bound with stays.
Coarctate :: Coarctate (a.) To press together; to crowd; to straiten; to confine closely.
Strait :: Strait (a.) A variant of Straight.
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