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Meanings of strait in English
Antonyms
Examples for "isthmus"
Examples for "isthmus"
1
The present and future continents north and south, with the isthmus between.
2
The best end point has been demonstrated to be bidirectional isthmus block.
3
Mataiea is twenty-seven miles from Papeete, and well on toward the isthmus.
4
He was right, and in a short time we reached the isthmus.
5
A canal crosses the isthmus, so that the peninsula becomes an island.
Usage of strait in English
1
About 17 million barrels of oil a day pass through the strait.
2
This monstrous suspension bridge spans the Bosphorus strait connecting Europe to Asia.
3
This is the broad outline of the situation across the Taiwan strait.
4
In a well-ordered society he'd be in a strait jacket right now.
5
The man was in a strait which could end only in anger.
6
The Sunda is the strait between the islands of Sumatra and Java.
7
I was the first to consider the possibility of bridging the strait.
8
To-day there was much ice both in the strait and at sea.
9
But even in that desperate strait the allies turned fiercely to bay.
10
We have passed some very large floes evidently frozen in the strait.
11
From the top, the remainder of the strait could be easily distinguished.
12
I brought you to this strait-theremedy is in your own hands.
13
The enemy has evidently assumed defensive measures along the strait of Niagara.
14
The setting sun drew itself a crimson path across the widening strait.
15
Apply to me at any time when you are in a strait.
16
From the strait they might turn their course to Salonica once more.
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Strait through the time
Strait across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common