Translate strait | into French | into German | into Italian | into Spanish Definition of strait
noun
1 (also straits) a narrow passage of water connecting two seas or two large areas of water: [in place names]:the Strait of Gibraltar
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straits)
used in reference to a situation characterized by a specified degree of trouble or difficulty:the economy is in dire straits a crippling disease could leave anyone in serious financial straits
adjective
archaic (of a place) of limited spatial capacity; narrow or cramped:the road was so strait that a handful of men might have defended it close, strict, or rigorous:my captivity was strait as ever
