strait in English

adjective
1
(of a place) of limited spatial capacity; narrow or cramped.
the road was so strait that a handful of men might have defended it
noun
1
a narrow passage of water connecting two seas or two large areas of water.
the Strait of Gibraltar
synonyms:channelsoundinletstretch of water
2
used in reference to a situation characterized by a specified degree of trouble or difficulty.
the economy is in dire straits
synonyms:a bad/difficult situationdifficultytroublecrisisa messa predicamenta plighthot/deep watera jama holea binda fixa scrape
noun

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1. Bosporus Strait synonyms, Bosporus Strait pronunciation, Bosporus Strait translation, English dictionary definition of Bosporus Strait

2. TORRES STRAIT ISLANDS

3. The nun took strait vows.

4. 5 The nun took strait vows.

5. At Chalcis itself, where the strait is narrowest at only 40 m, it is called the Euripus Strait.

6. Blak Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander)

7. Article seven deals with cross-strait negotiation.

8. My old aunts are very strait - laced.

9. We will transit the strait at night.

10. In Cook Strait there was a much greater displacement.

11. And we became a nation of strait-laced Puritans.

12. Our ship is cleaving her way through the strait.

13. Many submarine communications cables pass through the Luzon Strait.

14. An estimated 1600 vessels pass through the strait annually.

15. This is the strait, where the currents are alternating

16. Ferries ply across a narrow strait to the island.

17. Beneath the Denmark Strait exists the world's largest waterfall.

18. Gennady Nevelskoy passed the strait from the north in 1848.

19. 2 Ferries ply across a narrow strait to the island.

20. Legally, “Aboriginal Australian” is recognized as “a person of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander descent who identifies as an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander and …

21. What does Angust mean? (obsolete) Narrow; strait; contracted; not spacious

22. 1 An estimated 1600 vessels pass through the strait annually.

23. 13 Ferries ply across a narrow strait to the island.

24. 27 An estimated 1600 vessels pass through the strait annually.

25. Strait means narrow, strict, exacting, and allowing for no deviation.

26. Piracy is also very active in the Strait of Malacca.

27. The island is separated from Turkey by the Chios Strait.

28. Instead, as Jesus urged: “Agonize . . . to enter through the strait door.”

29. Belitung or Belitong, was better known as billiton is an island in off the east coast of Sumatra, Indonesia, flanked by the Gaspar Strait and Karimata Strait

30. The strait Bisects Istanbul, a city of around 15 million people

31. The Norwegian island of Jan Mayen lies northeast of the strait.

32. Canal standardization, cross - strait dike is flat, river water is clear.

33. The strait also been identified as a potential target by Al - Qaeda.

34. Beyond the strait it was expected that we might encounter enemy submarines.

35. Bosporus definition: strait between the Black Sea and the Sea of Marmara: c

36. This online camera shows you the Bosporus Strait, washing the city of Istanbul

37. The term Indigenous Australians refers to Aboriginal Australians and Torres Strait Islanders collectively.

38. The fleet had formed a single column for the passage through the strait.

39. All sediments from Johnstone Strait – Hickey Point that were tested passed the criteria.

40. August 23: Second Taiwan Strait Crisis begins when China begins to bomb Quemoy.

41. It is separated from the southwest corner of Devon Island by Barrow Strait.

42. 5 The Strait of Hormuz is one the busiest waterways in the world.

43. United States navy ship, USS Badoeng Strait (CVE-116) was the strait's namesake.

44. This strait connects the Kara Sea and the Barents Sea in northern Russia.

45. 3 Two US navy vessels collided Friday in the Strait of Hormuz near Iran.

46. The road to the Ruhr , and to Tokyo, lies through the Strait of Hormuz.

47. Datagram intriguant blasphemousness strait-necked rechannelling Bo-peep prevailers cricket's sporadin concomitate Appredicate antilogarithm

48. Some common synonyms of Crisis are contingency, emergency, exigency, juncture, pinch, straits, and strait

49. It lies just off the northeast corner of Kodiak Island, across the Narrow Strait.

50. A 54 km (34 mi) strait connects it with Maracaibo Lake to the south.