Fig.: A condition of narrowness or restriction; doubt; distress; difficulty; poverty; perplexity; -- sometimes in the plural; as, reduced to great straits.
A relatively narrow waterway between two larger bodies of water. See SOUND.
A narrow channel joining two larger bodies of water.
a narrow body of water between two large bodies of water
a narrow channel of water that connects two larger bodies of water, and thus lies between two land masses
a narrow passage, a tight sqeeze, especially a narrow sea passage connecting two larger bodies of water, and bounded closely on either side by land
a narrow passage designed to illustrate the importance of staying on course and the danger of straying off course
a narrow passage of water that joins two larger bodies of water
a narrow passageway of water, usually between continents or islands, or between two larger bodies of water
a narrow strip of water connecting two large bodies of water
A comparatively narrow passage connecting two seas or two large bodies of water
A strait is a narrow body of water that connects two larger bodies of water.
A narrow body of water connecting two larger bodies of water. The scenery near the Strait of Gibraltar, which connects the Atlantic and Mediterranean Oceans and separates Europe from Africa, is breathtaking.
narrow; confined; restricted