strait
Water passage connector
A strait is a narrow passage of water connecting two larger bodies of water: the Strait of Gibraltar, the Bering Strait.
The adjective strait, now archaic except in set phrases, means narrow or restricted.
A straitjacket confines the arms.
Straitlaced describes someone rigidly proper.
In the plural, straits means a difficult situation: dire straits, desperate straits.
The spelling straight refers to something not crooked or bent.
Passage for transmission
- narrowsConstricted water passage
- passageSegment of text
- soundAudible wave phenomenon
- seawayMaritime shipping route
shipping · navigation · maritime · corridor · currents · depths · vessel · cargo
Strait linking two seas
- GibraltarBritish overseas territory, Iberian
- HormuzStrategic Middle Eastern strait
- BeringStrait linking two oceans
- BassProminent commercial surname
Magellan · Dardanelles · Torres · Messina · Dover · Taiwan · Korea · Luzon
Extremely serious or urgent
- desperateDriven by urgent need
- difficultyState of being hard
- distressSevere anxiety or suffering
- povertySevere lack of resources
destitution · privation · penury · want · neediness · indigence · impoverishment · pinch
Coastal land jutting seaward
- peninsulaLand almost encircled by water
- capeShouldered sleeveless wrap
- promontoryElevated land jutting waterward
- coastlineLand-water boundary
shoreline · cliff · bluff · isthmus · archipelago · bay · gulf · cove
Excessively strict about morals
prim · austere · restrained · scrupulous · conscientious · prudish · uptight · conventional
channel
Passage for transmission
seaway · shipping · navigation · maritime · corridor · currents · depths · vessel · cargo · buoy
Bosphorus
Strait linking two seas
- GibraltarBritish overseas territory, Iberian
- HormuzStrategic Middle Eastern strait
- BeringStrait linking two oceans
Magellan · Bass · Dardanelles · Torres · Messina · Dover · Taiwan · Korea · Luzon · Florida
dire
Extremely serious or urgent
- desperateDriven by urgent need
- difficultyState of being hard
- distressSevere anxiety or suffering
poverty · destitution · privation · penury · want · neediness · indigence · impoverishment · pinch · plight
headland
Coastal land jutting seaward
- peninsulaLand almost encircled by water
- capeShouldered sleeveless wrap
- promontoryElevated land jutting waterward
coastline · shoreline · cliff · bluff · isthmus · archipelago · bay · gulf · cove · bight
puritanical
Excessively strict about morals
upright · prim · austere · restrained · scrupulous · conscientious · prudish · uptight · conventional
- Southeast AsiaVietnam, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Indonesia
- coastal featuresshore, coast, beach, bay, cliff
- waterwaysriver, rivers, canal, canals, stream
- ocean habitatscoral reef, kelp forest, tide pools, intertidal zone, deep sea
- sea passagessound, channel, passage, narrows, sea lane
- geographycontinents, continent, oceans, countries, country
straitopen ocean
Sea far from shore
open sea · wide · broad · open water · ocean
straitease
Lack of strain
comfort · security · prosperity · well-being · smooth sailing
- straight lineUndeviated continuous path
- straight aheadIn a line, unchanged direction
- go straightCease criminal activity
- straight faceNeutral, emotionless expression
- straighten upOrganize or stand erect
- straight upUndiluted and unchilled
straight, straighten, straightforward, straightaway, straightened, straits, straighter, straightens, straightest