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   strait

   /streɪt/

   noun

   • 1. a narrow passage of water connecting two seas or two other large areas of water: "the Straits of Gibraltar" Similar channelsoundnarrowsinletstretch of waterarm of the seasea passageneckkyle
   • 2. used in reference to a situation characterized by a specified degree of trouble or difficulty: "the economy is in dire straits" Similar a bad/difficult situationa sorry conditiondifficultytroublecrisisa messa predicamenta plighta tight cornerinformal:a pretty/fine kettle of fishhot waterdeep watera jama holea binda fixa scrape

   adjective

   • 1. (of a place) of limited spatial capacity; narrow or cramped: archaic "the road was so strait that a handful of men might have defended it"
   • ▪ close, strict, or rigorous: archaic "my captivity was strait as ever"

   Word Origin Middle English: shortening of Old French estreit ‘tight, narrow’, from Latin strictus ‘drawn tight’ (see strict).

   Derivatives

   • 1. straitly adverb
   • 2. straitness noun

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