strait

noun/streɪt/

Frequency rank: #6,867 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)

Meaning

a narrow passage of water connecting two larger bodies of water.

Illustration for the English word “strait”

Example sentence

The ships had to pass through the narrow strait between the two islands.

Synonyms & related words

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