Narrows
Tight water passage
Narrows is a noun used to talk about a narrow section of a road or waterway.
It is often used in place names: Verrazano Narrows.
Firm bilateral compression
- tightenMake more secure
- compressReduce volume by force
- pinchSqueeze with fingertips
- constrictTo squeeze tightly
restrict · confine · choke · cramp · shrink · taper · funnel · bottleneck
Navigable route for vessels
- passageSegment of text
- channelPassage for transmission
- inletWater extending into land
- soundAudible wave phenomenon
fjord · estuary · Gibraltar · Bosporus · Hormuz · Magellan · Bering · Dardanelles
Limit on action
- constraintLimiting condition or rule
- curtailmentAct of reducing scope
- reductionMaking something smaller
- focusConcentrated attention point
scope · refinement · parameters · criteria · options · margin · range · field
squeeze
Firm bilateral compression
constrict · restrict · confine · choke · cramp · shrink · taper · funnel · bottleneck · chokepoint
waterway
Navigable route for vessels
sound · fjord · estuary · Gibraltar · Bosporus · Hormuz · Magellan · Bering · Dardanelles · Messina
restriction
Limit on action
- constraintLimiting condition or rule
- curtailmentAct of reducing scope
- reductionMaking something smaller
focus · scope · refinement · parameters · criteria · options · margin · range · field · bandwidth
- narrow downReduce to fewer options
- narrow escapeBarely avoiding disaster
- straight and narrowMorally correct conduct
- walk the straight and narrowMaintain ethical conduct
- narrowed eyesPartially closed lids, distrustful
- narrow roadConstricted driving path
narrow, narrower, narrowest, narrowly, narrowness, narrowing, narrowed