strait

Words with a similar base: strait, straits

'strait'

[strait.n.01] as in: a narrow channel of the sea joining two larger bodies of water

'strait'

[pass.n.08] as in: a bad or difficult situation or state of affairs

'strait'

[strait.s.01] as in: narrow

Examples:
strait is the gate

Origins

					strait (English)
└── streit (Middle English (1100-1500))
    └── estreit (Anglo-Norman)
        └── estreit (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
            └── strictus (Latin)

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