English Explanatory Dictionary

strait

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Narrow; restricted as to space or room; close.
  2. Righteous, strict.
  3. Tight; close; tight-fitting.
  4. Close; intimate; near; familiar.
  5. Difficult; distressful.
  6. Parsimonious; stingy; mean.
  7. Obsolete spelling of straight, now a misspelling of straight.
noun
  1. A narrow channel of water connecting two larger bodies of water.
  2. A narrow pass, passage or street.
  3. A neck of land; an isthmus.
  4. A difficult position.
verb
  1. To confine; put to difficulties.
  2. To tighten.
adv
  1. Strictly; rigorously.
name
  1. A surname.

Pronunciation

/stɹeɪt/ en-us-strait.ogg

Word forms

strait straiter straitest streit streight straits straiting straited

Etymology

From Middle English streit, from Old French estreit (modern form étroit), from Latin strictus, perfect passive participle of stringō (“compress, tighten”). Doublet of stretto and strict.

Derived words

strait-handed straitjacket strait-laced straitwaistcoat straitly straitness Bougainville Strait Carquinez Strait Cook Strait cross-strait Davis Strait Denmark Strait dire straits Florida Strait Florida Straits Foveaux Strait Hudson Strait Kara Strait McClure Strait M'Clure Strait Menai Strait Strait of Canso Strait of Georgia Strait of Hormuz Strait of Sangar Straits of Florida Straits of Tiran Sunda Strait Tiran Strait Tsugaru Strait
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