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    strait
    /streɪt/

    noun

    • 1. a narrow passage of water connecting two seas or two other large areas of water: "the Straits of Gibraltar" Similar channelsoundnarrowsinlet
    • 2. used in reference to a situation characterized by a specified degree of trouble or difficulty: "the economy is in dire straits" Similar a bad/difficult situationa sorry conditiondifficultytrouble

    adjective

    • 1. (of a place) of limited spatial capacity; narrow or cramped: archaic "the road was so strait that a handful of men might have defended it"

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