strait
strait
streÉĒt
streit
/stɚˈe‍ÉĒt/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "strait"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻĒā§āϰāĻŖāĻžāϞ⧀, āĻ–āĻžāϞ

a narrow passage of water connecting two larger bodies of water, often linking two seas or an inlet with a larger expanse of water
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The Strait of Hormuz is a vital passage for oil tankers, connecting the Persian Gulf to the Gulf of Oman.
āĻšāϰāĻŽā§āϜ āĻĒā§āϰāĻŖāĻžāϞ⧀ āĻšāϞ āϤ⧇āϞ āĻŸā§āϝāĻžāĻ™ā§āĻ•āĻžāϰāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϗ⧁āϰ⧁āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻĒāĻĨ, āϝāĻž āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻ¸ā§āϝ āωāĻĒāϏāĻžāĻ—āϰāϕ⧇ āĻ“āĻŽāĻžāύ āωāĻĒāϏāĻžāĻ—āϰ⧇āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āϏāĻ‚āϝ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
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a difficult situation

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He navigated the legal straits with careful advice from his lawyer.
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narrow in width

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The path became strait between the two cliffs.
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