Strait

Adjective

 * 1)  narrow; restricted as to space or room; close
 * 2) * 1866, Algernon Swinburne, Aholibah, lines 53-55
 * Sweet oil was poured out on thy head
 * And ran down like cool rain between
 * The strait close locks it melted in.
 * 1)  righteous, strict
 * To follow the strait and narrow

Derived terms

 * straitjacket
 * strait-laced

Noun

 * 1)  A narrow channel of water connecting two larger bodies of water.
 * The Strait of Gibraltar
 * 1) A difficult position (often used in plural)
 * To be in dire straits

Derived terms

 * dire straits

Thesaurus
angustifoliate, angustirostrate, angustisellate, angustiseptal, arm, armlet, bay, bayou, belt, bight, bind, boca, bottleneck, bound, bounded, box, breakers ahead, canal, cardhouse, cause for alarm, channel, circumscribed, climacteric, close, close-fitting, clutch, complication, conditioned, confined, confining, constricted, contingency, convergence of events, copyrighted, cove, cramp, cramped, creek, crisis, critical juncture, critical point, crossroads, crowded, crucial period, crunch, danger, dangerous ground, defile, demanding, difficult, dilemma, disciplined, embarrassing position, embarrassment, emergency, endangerment, estuary, euripus, exacting, exigency, extremity, fine how-do-you-do, finite, fjord, frith, gaping chasm, gathering clouds, gulf, gut, harbor, hazard, hell to pay, hinge, hobble, hot water, house of cards, how-do-you-do, imbroglio, imperilment, incapacious, incommodious, inlet, isthmian, isthmic, isthmus, jam, jeopardy, kyle, limited, limiting, loch, meager, menace, mess, mix, moderated, morass, mouth, narrow, narrow seas, narrows, natural harbor, near, neck, parlous straits, pass, patented, peril, perplexity, pickle, pinch, plight, predicament, prescribed, pretty pass, pretty pickle, pretty predicament, proscribed, push, quagmire, qualified, quicksand, reach, restricted, restricting, rigorous, risk, road, roads, roadstead, rocks ahead, rub, scant, scanty, scrape, slender, slough, sound, spot, squeeze, stew, sticky wicket, storm clouds, straitened, straits, swamp, thin ice, threat, throat, tight, tight spot, tight squeeze, tightrope, tricky spot, trouble, turn, turning, turning point, unholy mess

Etymology
From streit:, from  estreit: (modern form étroit:), from  strictus:, perfect passive participle of stringo:. Doublet of strict:.

Translations

 * Arabic: مضيق, مختنق
 * Armenian: նեղուց (neġuc')
 * Bosnian: tjesnac
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:
 * French:


 * German:, Enge,
 * Indonesian:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Korean: 해협 (海峽)
 * Norwegian: sund,, strete, ,
 * Portuguese: estreito
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: caol
 * Serbian: moreuz
 * Slovak: prieliv
 * Spanish: ,
 * Vietnamese: chật hẹp


 * Finnish:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 難局 (なんきょく, nankyoku), 困難 (こんなん, konnan), 苦境 (くきょう, kukyō)


 * Russian: затруднительное положение
 * Serbian: škripac
 * Spanish:


 * Dutch: straat
 * Greek: στενό


 * Portuguese: estreito
 * Sindhi:
 * Telugu: జలసంధి (jalasaMdhi)

Anagrams

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 * traits