strait
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- pronunciation:
- streIt
- features:
- Homophone Note
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noun |
| definition 1: |
a narrow body of water between two larger bodies.
To prevent collision, ships moving through the strait in opposite directions use different lanes.- synonyms:
- narrows
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| definition 2: |
(usually plural) a condition or position of trouble or distress.
She lost her job and is in difficult straits.- synonyms:
- corner, predicament
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| related words: |
channel, creek, crisis, distress, need, poverty, predicament, trouble |
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| derivations: |
straitly (adv.), straitness (n.) |
The words
strait and
straight (not bending) sound alike but have different meanings.