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Meanings of strait in English

Russian
пролив
Portuguese
estreito
Spanish
estrechos
Catalan
estrets
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Naturally formed, narrow, typically navigable waterway that connects two larger bodies of water.

        пролив
        Catalan
        destret
        Spanish
        impás

        A bad or difficult situation or state of affairs.

              destret
              Antonyms
              Examples for "isthmus"
              Examples for "isthmus"
              1
              The present and future continents north and south, with the isthmus between.
              Leaves of Grass
              2
              The best end point has been demonstrated to be bidirectional isthmus block.
              Pubmed
              3
              Mataiea is twenty-seven miles from Papeete, and well on toward the isthmus.
              Mystic Isles of the South Seas.
              4
              He was right, and in a short time we reached the isthmus.
              Twice Lost
              5
              A canal crosses the isthmus, so that the peninsula becomes an island.
              The History of a Crime / The Testimony of an Eye-Witness
              Portuguese
              estreito
              Catalan
              estret
              Spanish
              estrecho

              A narrow channel of the sea joining two larger bodies of water.

                    estreito

                    Strait.

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                            Usage of strait in English
                            1
                            About 17 million barrels of oil a day pass through the strait.
                            Reuters
                            2
                            This monstrous suspension bridge spans the Bosphorus strait connecting Europe to Asia.
                            The Irish Times
                            3
                            This is the broad outline of the situation across the Taiwan strait.
                            The Guardian
                            4
                            In a well-ordered society he'd be in a strait jacket right now.
                            White Hunter, Black Heart
                            5
                            The man was in a strait which could end only in anger.
                            A Knight of the Nets
                            6
                            The Sunda is the strait between the islands of Sumatra and Java.
                            History of the Philippine Islands
                            7
                            I was the first to consider the possibility of bridging the strait.
                            Out of the Primitive
                            8
                            To-day there was much ice both in the strait and at sea.
                            Journal of a Voyage from Okkak, on the Coast of Labrador, to Ung...
                            9
                            But even in that desperate strait the allies turned fiercely to bay.
                            The Life of Napoleon I (Volume 1 of 2)
                            10
                            We have passed some very large floes evidently frozen in the strait.
                            Scott's Last Expedition, Volume I / Being the journals of Captai...
                            11
                            From the top, the remainder of the strait could be easily distinguished.
                            After London; Or, Wild England
                            12
                            I brought you to this strait-theremedy is in your own hands.
                            Princess Maritza
                            13
                            The enemy has evidently assumed defensive measures along the strait of Niagara.
                            The Life and Correspondence of Sir Isaac Brock, K.B. / Intersper...
                            14
                            The setting sun drew itself a crimson path across the widening strait.
                            St. Nicholas, Vol. 5, No. 2, December, 1877
                            15
                            Apply to me at any time when you are in a strait.
                            Making His Way; Or, Frank Courtney's Struggle Upward
                            16
                            From the strait they might turn their course to Salonica once more.
                            Mare Nostrum (Our Sea): A Novel
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                            Translations for strait
                            Portuguese
                            estreito
                            Strait through the time
                            Strait across language varieties
                            United Kingdom
                            Common
                            United States of America
                            Less common