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Definition of Strait
1. Adjective. Narrow. "Strait is the gate"
2. Noun. A narrow channel of the sea joining two larger bodies of water.
Specialized synonyms: Canakkale Bogazi, Dardanelles, Hellespont, East River, Bering Strait, Bosporus, Cook Strait, Golden Gate, Kattegatt, Korea Strait, Korean Strait, Menai Strait, North Channel, Skagerak, Skagerrak, Solent, Strait Of Georgia, Strait Of Gibraltar, Strait Of Hormuz, Strait Of Ormuz, Strait Of Magellan, Strait Of Messina, Pas De Calais, Strait Of Calais, Strait Of Dover, Torres Strait
Generic synonyms: Channel
Specialized synonyms: Narrow
3. Noun. A bad or difficult situation or state of affairs.
Specialized synonyms: Desperate Straits, Dire Straits
Generic synonyms: Situation
Definition of Strait
1. a. A variant of Straight.
2. a. Narrow; not broad.
3. adv. Strictly; rigorously.
4. n. A narrow pass or passage.
5. v. t. To put to difficulties.
Definition of Strait
1. Adjective. (archaic) narrow; restricted as to space or room; close ¹
2. Adjective. (archaic) righteous, strict ¹
3. Noun. (geography) A narrow channel of water connecting two larger bodies of water. ¹
4. Noun. A difficult position (often used in plural) ¹
5. Verb. (obsolete) To put to difficulties. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Strait
1. narrow [adj STRAITER, STRAITEST] : STRAITLY [adv] / a narrow waterway connecting two larger bodies of water [n -S] - See also: narrow
Lexicographical Neighbors of Strait
Literary usage of Strait
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1880)
"We bad before encountered stronger ice, and taught against greater difficulties;
and now to reach Behring strait we had only one hundred and twenty miles to ..."
2. Journal of Researches Into the Natural History and Geology of the Countries by Charles Darwin (1890)
"CHAPTER XI strait of Magellan—Port Famine—Ascent of Mount Tarn—Forests—Edible
fungus —Zoology—Great Seaweed—Leave Tierra del Fuego—Climate—Fruit-trees and ..."
3. Journal of Researches Into the Natural History and Geology of the Countries by Charles Darwin (1890)
"CHAPTER XI strait of Magellan—Port Famine—Ascent of Mount Tarn—Forests—Edible
fungus —Zoology—Great Seaweed—Leave Tierra del Fuego—Climate—Fruit-trees and ..."
4. The Voyage of the Beagle by Charles Darwin (1909)
"The country on both sides of this part of the strait consists of nearly level
... On the east coast, south of the strait, broken park-like scenery in a like ..."
5. Journal of Researches Into the Natural History and Geology of the Countries by Charles Darwin (1846)
"strait OF MAGELLAN. CLIMATE OF THE SOUTHERN COASTS. IN the end of May, 1834,
we.entered for the second time the eastern mouth of the strait-of Magellan. ..."
6. Journal of Researches Into the Natural History and Geology of the Countries by Charles Darwin (1846)
"strait of Magellan—Port Famine—Ascent of Mount Tam—For ests—Edible Fungus—Zoology—Great
Sea-weed—Leave Tier- ra del Fuego—Climate—Fruit-trees and ..."
7. Journal of Researches Into the Natural History and Geology of the Countries by Charles Darwin (1876)
"strait OP MAGELLAN.—CLIMATE OF THE SOUTHERN COASTS. lit the end of May, ...
The country on both sides of this part of the strait consists of nearly level ..."
8. The Voyage of the Beagle by Charles Darwin (1909)
"The country on both sides of this part of the strait consists of nearly level
... On the east coast, south of the strait, broken park-like scenery in a like ..."
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