Strait of Ormuz
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ a strategically important strait linking the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman
Strait of Dover
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ the strait between the English Channel and the North Sea; shortest distance between England and the European continent
Strait of Gibraltar
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ the strait between Spain and Africa
Strait of Hormuz
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ a strategically important strait linking the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman
Strait of Messina
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ the strait separating Sicily from the tip of Italy
Strait of Georgia
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ the strait separating Vancouver Island from the Canadian mainland
Strait of Calais
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ the strait between the English Channel and the North Sea; shortest distance between England and the European continent
strait and narrow
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ the way of proper and honest behavior; "he taught his children to keep strictly to the straight and narrow"
Strait of Magellan
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ the strait separating South America from Tierra del Fuego and other islands to the south of the continent; discovered by Ferdinand Magellan in 1520; an important route around South America before the Panama Canal was built
strait
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ a narrow channel of the sea joining two larger bodies of water
Strait of Malacca
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ the strait between the Malay Peninsula and Sumatra; it connects the Pacific Ocean to the east with the Indian Ocean to the west and is an important shipping lane
strait
— Tillægsord
– Engelsk
~ narrow; "strait is the gate"
strait-laced
— Tillægsord
– Engelsk
~ exaggeratedly proper; "my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn't approve of my miniskirts"
straiten
— Udsagnsord
– Engelsk
~ squeeze together
straiten
— Udsagnsord
– Engelsk
~ bring into difficulties or distress, especially financial hardship
straitjacket
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ a garment similar to a jacket that is used to bind the arms tightly against the body as a means of restraining a violent person
straitjacket
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ anything immaterial that severely hinders or confines; "they defected because Russian dance was in a straitjacket"; "the government is operating in an economic straitjacket"
straitlaced
— Tillægsord
– Engelsk
~ exaggeratedly proper; "my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn't approve of my miniskirts"
straits
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ a difficult juncture; "a pretty pass"; "matters came to a head yesterday"
straits
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ a bad or difficult situation or state of affairs