straits
Meaning of straits
plural noun
- a narrow passage of water connecting two seas or two other large areas of water.
the Straits of Gibraltar
- used in reference to a situation characterized by a specified degree of trouble or difficulty.
the economy is in dire straits
redundancy left him in severe financial straits
Middle English: shortening of Old French estreit ‘tight, narrow’, from Latin strictus ‘drawn tight’ (see strict).
Information about straits
- It is a name.
- The singular form of straits is: strait.
- Languages in which straits is used:
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Hyphenation of straits
straits
- It consists of 1 syllables and 7 chars.
- straits is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
straits synonyms
Meaning pass:
Meaning a length of water wider than a strait, joining two larger areas of water, especially two seas:
Meaning vibrations that travel through the air or another medium and can be heard when they reach a person's or animal's ear:
Meaning a narrow channel connecting two larger areas of water:
Meaning a small arm of the sea, a lake, or a river:
Meaning the part of a person's or animal's body connecting the head to the rest of the body:
Meaning a narrow sea channel:
Meaning the state or condition of being difficult:
Meaning difficulty or problems:
Meaning a time of intense difficulty or danger:
Anagrams of straits
artists, sittars, Stratis, Tristas, tsarist
Words that rhyme with straits
aits, baits, groundbaits, rebaits, redbaits, spoonbaits, whitebaits, faits, parfaits, gaits, plaits, unplaits, spaits, karaits, kraits, portraits, raits, retraits, traits, whitestraits, taits, awaits, outwaits, waits
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