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1. strait
noun. ['ˈstreɪt'] a narrow channel of the sea joining two larger bodies of water.
Antonyms
Etymology
- streit (Middle English (1100-1500))
- estreit (Anglo-Norman)
Rhymes with Strait
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- circumnavigate
- recriminate
- solid-state
- silverplate
- remunerate
- multistate
- intrastate
- interrelate
- disinflate
- demodulate
- translate
- stagflate
- reinstate
- procreate
- desecrate
- conjugate
- commutate
- underrate
- tri-state
- recreate
- postdate
- interstate
- conflate
- upstate
- telerate
- sumgait
- restate
- reflate
- prorate
Sentences with strait
1. Noun, singular or mass
The three-hour Grand Scenic Cruise provides English-language narration of lake and village anecdotes while crossing the Lavena strait.
Quotes about strait
1. It matters not how strait the gate, How charged with punishments the scroll, I am the master of my fate: I am the captain of my soul.
- William Ernest Henley, Echoes of Life and Death;
2. Improvement makes strait roads, but the crooked roads without Improvement, are roads of Genius.
- William Blake, The Marriage of Heaven and Hell
3. strait
adjective. ['ˈstreɪt'] narrow.
Antonyms
Etymology
- streit (Middle English (1100-1500))
- estreit (Anglo-Norman)