strait
Noun
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is a type of: channel - a deep and relatively narrow body of water (as in a river or a harbor or a strait linking two larger bodies) that allows the best passage for vesselssubtypes: narrow - a narrow strait connecting two bodies of waterspecific instances:
- canakkale bogazi, dardanelles, hellespont - the strait between the Aegean and the Sea of Marmara that separates European Turkey from Asian Turkey
- east river - a tidal strait separating Manhattan and the Bronx from Queens and Brooklyn
- bering strait - a strait connecting the Bering Sea to the Arctic Ocean
- bosporus - a strait connecting the Mediterranean and the Black Sea; separates the European and Asian parts of Turkey; an important shipping route
- cook strait - a narrow strait separating the North Island and South Island in New Zealand
- golden gate - a strait in western California that connects the San Francisco Bay with the Pacific Ocean; discovered in 1579 by Sir Francis Drake
- kattegatt - a strait of the North Sea between Jutland and Sweden; connects with the North Sea through the Skagerrak
- korea strait, korean strait - a strait between Korea and Japan; connects the East China Sea and the Sea of Japan
- menai strait - a strait in northern Wales between Anglesey Island and the mainland
- north channel - a strait between Northern Ireland and Scotland that connects the Atlantic Ocean and the Irish Sea
- skagerak, skagerrak - a broad strait of the North Sea between Jutland and Norway
- solent - a strait of the English Channel between the coast of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight
- strait of georgia - the strait separating Vancouver Island from the Canadian mainland
- strait of gibraltar - the strait between Spain and Africa
- strait of hormuz, strait of ormuz - a strategically important strait linking the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman
- strait of magellan - the strait separating South America from Tierra del Fuego and other islands to the south of the continent; discovered by Ferdinand Magellan in 1520; an important route around South America before the Panama Canal was built
- strait of messina - the strait separating Sicily from the tip of Italy
- pas de calais, strait of calais, strait of dover - the strait between the English Channel and the North Sea; shortest distance between England and the European continent
- strait of malacca - the strait between the Malay Peninsula and Sumatra; it connects the Pacific Ocean to the east with the Indian Ocean to the west and is an important shipping lane
- torres strait - a strait between northeastern Australia and southern New Guinea that connects the Coral Sea with the Arafura Sea
same as: sound -
is a type of: situation - a complex or critical or unusual difficultysubtypes: desperate straits, dire straits - a state of extreme distress
Adjective
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domain usage: archaicism, archaism - the use of an archaic expressionsimilar to: narrow - not wide
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