strait
131strait — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. straits, narrows; difficulty.See narrowness. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A channel] Syn. inlet, canal, sound, narrows; see channel 1 . 2. [Difficulty] Syn. distress, crisis, plight, emergency; see… …
132strait — A relatively narrow waterway connecting two larger bodies of water, as the Straits of Mackinac linking Lake Michigan and Lake Huron; a large channel. Compare: sound. GG …
