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Meaning
Adj
●
Narrow;
restricted
as to
space
or
room
; close.
●
Righteous, strict.
●
Tight;
close
;
tight
-fitting.
●
Close;
intimate
;
near
; familiar.
●
Difficult; distressful.
●
Parsimonious;
stingy
; mean.
●
Obsolete
spelling
of straight.
Noun
●
In Geography & Bodies of water:
A
narrow
channel
of water
connecting
two
larger
bodies
of water.
●
A
narrow
pass
,
passage
or street.
●
A
neck
of
land
; an isthmus.
●
A
difficult
position.
Verb
●
To
confine
;
put to
difficulties.
●
To tighten.
Adv
●
Strictly; rigorously.
Name
●
A surname.
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Origin
strait
English
streit
Middle English (1100-1500)
estreit
Anglo-Norman
estreit
Old French (842-ca. 1400)
strictus
Latin
Sourced from
Etym
Related
Atlantic
Gulf
Peninsula
River
Waterway
Coast
Sea
Canal
Bay
Harbour
Harbor
Causeway
Archipelago
Inlet
Bosphorus
Island
Coastline
Port
Mainland
Sail
Border
Highway
Islands
Pacific
Lake
Mediterranean
Valley
Beach
Shore
Bridge
Ocean
Tunnel
Corridor
Town
Road
Cove
North
Estuary
Seas
Seaport
East
Seaway
Horizontal
Railway
Fjord
Mast
Suez Canal
Black Sea
Atlantic Ocean
Indian Ocean
Port City
Red Sea
Mediterranean Sea
Pacific Ocean
West Coast
English Channel
South China Sea
Gulf Of Thailand
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Rhymes
Ate
Ait
Tait
Fate
Late
Tait
Bait
Gate
Mate
Rate
Wait
Cate
Nate
Kate
Fete
Fate
Pate
Kate
Hate
Bate
Tate
Date
Sate
Gait
Eyot
Grate
Elate
Orate
Abate
Crate
Plate
Eight
Skate
Plait
Prate
Great
Spate
Slate
State
Trait
Await
Irate
Kuwait
Strait
Negate
Derate
Donate
Ornate
Sedate
Locate
Vacate
Equate
Weight
Uniate
Dilate
Debate
Estate
Innate
Pedate
Mutate
Create
Update
Relate
Nutate
Berate
Inflate
Dictate
Vibrate
Gestate
Fellate
Deflate
Collate
Narrate
Speight
Placate
Striate
Freight
Cogitate
Straight
Automate
Overwait
Validate
Conflate
Quadrate
Subjugate
Disuniate
Translate
Reoperate
Reinflate
Checkmate
Compilate
Enucleate
Love-Hate
Overweight
Menstruate
Compensate
Translated
Intercalate
Reincarnate
Certificate
Smothercate
Supererogate
Methylphenidate
Blind Date
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