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straits
We have found lemma(root) word of straits : strait.
Definitions
[streɪt], (Noun)
Definitions:
- a narrow passage of water connecting two seas or two other large areas of water
(e.g: the Straits of Gibraltar)
- used in reference to a situation characterized by a specified degree of trouble or difficulty
(e.g: the economy is in dire straits)
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Origin
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Middle English: shortening of Old French estreit ‘tight, narrow’, from Latin strictus ‘drawn tight’ (see strict)
[streɪt], (Adjective)
Definitions:
- (of a place) of limited spatial capacity; narrow or cramped
(e.g: the road was so strait that a handful of men might have defended it)
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Origin
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Middle English: shortening of Old French estreit ‘tight, narrow’, from Latin strictus ‘drawn tight’ (see strict)
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