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Meanings of strait in English

Russian
пролив
Portuguese
estreito
Spanish
estrechos
Catalan
estrets
Wikidata

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
Portuguese
estreito
Catalan
estret
Spanish
estrecho

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

estreito

Strait.

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Examples for "sound"
1
He said the health of the grain industry was still quite sound.
Radio NZ
2
Police said the sound was missing due to an unspecified technical problem.
Reuters
3
That was a good sound, one Scipio heard several times a week.
American empire: blood and iron
4
Outside somebody called, 'Mr Dexter, Mr Dexter.' Then a new sound started.
The Third Man
5
The sound quality issue is not going to disappear any time soon.
The Irish Times
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