Meaning of STRAIT in English

Use in sentences of STRAIT

Meaning of STRAIT in English

• A variant of Straight.
• Narrow; not broad.
• Tight; close; closely fitting.
• Close; intimate; near; familiar.
• Strict; scrupulous; rigorous.
• Difficult; distressful; straited.
• Parsimonious; niggargly; mean.
• Strictly; rigorously.
• A narrow pass or passage.
• 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.
• A neck of land; an isthmus.
• Fig.: A condition of narrowness or restriction; doubt; distress; difficulty; poverty; perplexity; -- sometimes in the plural; as, reduced to great straits.
• To put to difficulties.

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