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strait definition

strait (strāt)

adjective

  1. Archaic restricted or constricted; narrow; tight; confined
  2. Archaic strict; rigid; exacting
  3. Now Rare straitened; difficult; distressing

Etymology: ME streit < OFr estreit < L strictus: see strict

noun

  1. Rare a narrow passage
  2. a narrow waterway connecting two large bodies of water
  3. difficulty; distress
  4. Rare an isthmus

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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