Strait

Definitions

1. A narrow channel of water connecting two larger bodies of water.
2. A surname.
3. A narrow pass, passage or street.
4. A neck of land; an isthmus.
5. A difficult position.
   in-plural, often

Equivalents

53 more languages

العربيةالمضيقبوغازخليجضيقمختنقمضيق+ 3 more

Azərbaycan diliboğaz

Българскиограниченпроливпро́токтесен+ 1 more

BosanskibogazNORužinaограниченпролив+ 2 more

Catalàestret

Češtinaprůlivúžina

Cymraegculforcyfyngforswnt

Dansknorstrædesund

Ελληνικάδιάδρομοςμπουγάζιπορθμόςστενό+ 1 more

Esperantomarkolo

Eestiväin

Suomiahdaskaitakannaskapeakapeikkokiipelisalmi+ 4 more

Gaeilgecaol

Gàidhligcaolcuing

Galegoestreitofreofreu

עבריתמצרמצר יםצרה

हिन्दीजलडमरूजलडमरूमध्यजलसंधिजलसंयोगीडमरुमध्यतंगी+ 3 more

HrvatskibogazNORužinaограниченпролив+ 2 more

Magyarszoros

Հայերեննեղուց

Bahasa Indonesiaselat

Íslenskasund

Italianostrettastretto

日本語困難峽海峡苦境難局+ 2 more

ქართულისრუტე

Қазақ тілібұғаз

ភាសាខ្មែរច្រកសមុទ្រដៃសមុទ្រ

한국어해협

Kurdîawanorselatsûnd+ 1 more

Latinaeuripusfretumfretus

Lietuviųsąsiauris

Te Reo Māoriawa

Македонскипротоктесентеснецтеснинатешкотија+ 2 more

മലയാളംകടലിടുക്ക്ജലസന്ധി

Монголхоолой

Bahasa Melayuselat

မြန်မာပင်လယ်လက်ကြားရေလက်ကြား

Nederlandsnauwstraatzee-engtezeestraat+ 1 more

ਪੰਜਾਬੀਪਣਜੋੜ

Polskibełtcieśnina

Portuguêsapertoestreito

Românăstrâmtoare

Русскийзатруднениезатрудни́тельное положе́ниепроливпроток+ 1 more

Shqipngushtëngushticë

СрпскиbogazNORužinaограниченпролив+ 2 more

Svenskanorsund

ไทยช่องแคบ

Türkmençebogaz

Tagalogkipot

Türkçeboğaz

Українськапротока

اردوآبنائے

Tiếng Việteo biển

Examples

“the Strait of Gibraltar”

“[…] we steered directly through a large Out-let, which they call⟳ a Streight, tho’ it be fifteen Miles broad […]”

“He brought him through a darksom narrow strayt, To a broad gate all built of beaten gold:”

“For honour travels in a strait so narrow, Where one but goes abreast:”

“The bold Sir Bedivere uplifted him, Sir Bedivere, the last⟳ of all his knights, And bore him to a chapel nigh the field, A broken chancel with a broken cross, That stood on a dark strait of barren land⟳.”

“to be in dire straits”

“1684, Robert South, “A Sermon Preached at Westminster-Abbey” in Twelve Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions, London: Thomas Bennett, 1692, p. 420, […] let⟳ no man, who owns the Belief of a Providence, grow⟳ desperate or forlorn, under any Calamity or Strait whatsoever […]”

“Plutarch is of opinion that this sleep⟳ of Ulysses was feigned; and that he made use⟳ of the pretence of natural infirmity to conceal the streights he was in at that time in his thoughts […]”

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