strait

Significado de strait

adj.

Estreito
Difícil, apertado, aperto, apuro, desfiladeiro.

A narrow pass or passage.
A (comparatively) narrow passageway connecting two large bodies of water; -- often in the plural; as, the strait, or straits, of Gibraltar; the straits of Magellan; the strait, or straits, of Mackinaw.
A neck of land; an isthmus.
Fig.: A condition of narrowness or restriction; doubt; distress; difficulty; poverty; perplexity; -- sometimes in the plural; as, reduced to great straits.
To put to difficulties

adj.

narrow similar term noun, sound, channel generic term noun, pass, straits, situation generic term

Vogais: ai

Consoantes: strt