strait
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5.0
- noun
- /streɪt/
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estrecho
- We have report that a small advance force of persian ships have taken refuge from the storm just across the strait.
- navigation through the strait
- strait passage
- trade across the strait
And what what that means is, you know, bringing oil through the Strait of Malacca is really how they get energy.
- And what what that means is, you know, bringing oil through the Strait of Malacca is really how they get energy.
- And that same lake is visited by wild fowl that migrate N across the Bering Straits and into North America.
- Because they're simply far too much money being passed back and forth across the the Taiwan Straits.
- We haven't seen Iran shut down the Strait of Hormuz.
- There was a woman that swam the Bering Strait.
- They're the weaponry that they've raid on their side of the Taiwan Strait has been building for decades.
Examples
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Most of the trade across the strait has been conducted indirectly through Hong Kong.
Academic text (1991) -
Diving in the strait will be different, but we'll have experienced buddies for each of you.
Fiction book (1999) -
And what what that means is, you know, bringing oil through the Strait of Malacca is really how they get energy.
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The Bering Strait is the space between Russia and Alaska.
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As yet, the state of hostility between the two sides of the strait has not formally ended.
Academic text (2000) -
During Chen's first year in office, cross-strait trade increased 21 percent over the previous year.
Academic text (2002) -
Farther out in the strait, large ice floes, wide and flat, glided silently over the water.
Fiction book (2000) -
Last, I'd cut across the strait to Port Frederick, the long, narrow inlet where Hoonah nestles.
Fiction book (2001) -
The Panama Canal is a famous example of an artificial strait that facilitates international shipping.
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Boats from both sides of the strait can easily pass through to reach the neighboring islands.
Synonyms
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A narrow area of sea between two areas of land
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3.8
A deep narrow waterway that ships can use
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8.9
A narrow channel of water with strong currents where boats pass
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7.0
A thin passage of water connecting two larger seas or bays
Compounds
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A narrow sea passage between the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman that most oil tankers use
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3.8
A narrow sea passage between eastern Russia and Alaska that connects the Bering Sea and the Arctic Ocean
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3.7
A narrow sea area that separates southern Spain from northern Africa and connects the Atlantic Ocean with the Mediterranean Sea
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3.7
A narrow body of water between Korea and Japan that connects the East China Sea and the Sea of Japan
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3.9
A narrow sea route between the Malay Peninsula and Sumatra used by many ships
A narrow sea passage between South Korea and Japan that connects the East China Sea and the Sea of Japan
A long bridge held by cables that connects the Japanese islands Kyushu and Honshu across the Kanmon Strait
A narrow sea passage between South America and Tierra del Fuego that connects the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans
A narrow sea channel linking the Persian Gulf with the Gulf of Oman used by oil tankers
A narrow sea passage between southeast England and northern France that connects the English Channel with the North Sea
A narrow part of the sea that lies between Vancouver Island and the mainland of British Columbia, Canada
How Narrow
Surface Forms
Etymology
Strait comes from an old Latin root stringere meaning 'to pull tight', and you can see the same idea in words like string and strict. So a strait is a 'tight' or narrow stretch of water that is squeezed between two lands, which explains the word's meaning.