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Nov 30, 2009
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strait



Pronunciation: (strāt), [key]
—n.
1. Often, straits. (used with a sing. v.) a narrow passage of water connecting two large bodies of water.
2. Often, straits. a position of difficulty, distress, or need: Ill and penniless, he was in sad straits indeed.
3. Archaic.a narrow passage or area.
4. an isthmus.

—adj. Archaic.
1. narrow: Strait is the gate.
2. affording little space; confined in area.
3. strict, as in requirements or principles.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

straining sillstraiten
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