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Word: Strait
Speech Type: Noun
Middle English: shortening of Old French estreit ‘tight, narrow’, from Latin strictus ‘drawn tight’ (see strict)
streɪt
a narrow passage of water connecting two seas or two other large areas of water
Short Definition:narrow passage of water connecting two seas or two other large areas of water
Examples:- the Straits of Gibraltar
used in reference to a situation characterized by a specified degree of trouble or difficulty
Short Definition:used in reference to situation characterized by specified degree of trouble or difficulty
Examples:- the economy is in dire straits
- redundancy left him in severe financial straits
Word: Strait
Speech Type: Adjective
streɪt
(of a place) of limited spatial capacity; narrow or cramped
Short Definition:of limited spatial capacity
Examples:- the road was so strait that a handful of men might have defended it
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