strait

1. 1.

   narrow

   “strait is the gate”

   Similarnarrow

   archaism

Other forms of strait

plural

straits·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about strait

What does strait mean?

strait means "a narrow channel of the sea joining two larger bodies of water". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in strait?

strait has 1 syllable: strait. In IPA it is /ˈstɹeɪt/.

What is another word for strait?

Close synonyms include sound, pass, straits. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is strait a common word?

strait is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with strait?

10 words rhyme with strait. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.