Phrase Hound found 78 phrases and 12 compound words that contain strait. The most common are listed below. Open strait in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 78
- Taiwan StraitThe strait dividing mainland Asia (incl. mainland China) from Taiwan island and connecting the East and South China Seas.
- Korea StraitA strait between Korea and Japan, connecting the East China Sea with the Sea of Japan.
- Strait of GibraltarA strait between Spain and Morocco, connecting the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean.
- Torres StraitA strait between Australia and New Guinea, connecting the Coral Sea with the Arafura Sea.
- Strait of DoverA strait in the English Channel, connecting to the North Sea, between Dover (England) and Calais (France)
- Bering StraitA strait between Chukotka, Russia and Alaska, United States, linking the Arctic Ocean to the Bering Sea
- Strait of MalaccaA strait between the Malay Peninsula and the Indonesian island of Sumatra.
- Strait of MagellanA navigable sea route between the southern coast of Chile and the northern coast of Tierra del Fuego.
- Strait of MessinaThe narrow section of water between the eastern tip of Sicily and the southern tip of mainland Italy.
- Strait of SicilyA strait between Sicily and Tunisia, part of the Mediterranean Sea.
- Strait of HormuzA strait connecting the Gulf of Oman to the Persian Gulf.
- La Pérouse StraitA strait dividing the Russian island of Sakhalin in the north from the Japanese island of Hokkaido, and connecting the Sea of Japan on the west with the Sea of Okhotsk on the east.
- Strait of KerchA strait that connects the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov, separating the Kerch Peninsula of Crimea, de-jure Ukraine, in the west from the Taman Peninsula of Krasnodar Krai, Russia in the east.
- Strait of BonifacioA strait between Corsica and Sardinia, connecting the Tyrrhenian Sea and the western Mediterranean Sea.
- Sunda StraitThe strait between the Indonesian islands of Java and Sumatra.
- Luzon StraitA strait between Taiwan and Luzon, connecting the South China Sea with the Philippine Sea.
- Irbe StraitA strait between Saaremaa and Courland in Latvia, connecting the Baltic Sea and the Gulf of Riga.
- Strait of OtrantoA strait between Italy and Albania, connecting the Adriatic Sea and the Ionian Sea.
- Nares StraitA strait between Ellesmere Island (Canada) and Greenland, connecting the Lincoln Sea in the Arctic Ocean with Baffin Bay.
- Bass StraitA strait between Victoria and Tasmania, Australia.
- Strait of Juan de FucaA strait in the United States and Canada, that runs between the southern end of Vancouver Island and the Olympic Peninsula.
- cross-straitPertaining to relations between the People's Republic of China, commonly known as mainland China, and the Republic of China, commonly known as Taiwan.
- Formosa StraitSynonym of Taiwan Strait: The strait dividing mainland Asia (incl. mainland China) from Taiwan island and connecting the East and South China Seas.
- Hainan StraitA strait between Asia and Hainan island.
- Cook StraitA strait that separates the North and South Islands of New Zealand, extending northwest to southeast from the Tasman Sea to the south Pacific Ocean.
Compound words 12
- straitlyStrictly.
- straitnessThe state or quality of being strait.
- straitjacketA jacketlike garment with very long sleeves which can be secured in place, thus preventing the wearer from moving their arms; often used in psychiatric hospitals to prevent patients from injuring themselves or others.
- straitjacketsplural of straitjacket: A jacketlike garment with very long sleeves which can be secured in place, thus preventing the wearer from moving their arms; often used in psychiatric hospitals to prevent patients from injuring themselves or …
- straitlacedAlternative spelling of straight-laced: Having narrow views on moral matters; prudish.
- straitensthird-person singular simple present indicative of straiten: To make strait; to narrow or confine to a smaller space.
- straitestsuperlative form of strait: most strait
- straitjacketedsimple past and past participle of straitjacket
- straitnessesplural of straitness: The state or quality of being strait.
- straithandedAlternative form of strait-handed: parsimonious; sparing; niggardly