strait

About 3.07 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Narrow; restricted as to space or room; close.
2. adjective Righteous, strict.

   to follow the strait and narrow

3. adjective Tight; close; tight-fitting.
4. adjective Close; intimate; near; familiar.
5. adjective Difficult; distressful.
6. adjective Parsimonious; stingy; mean.
7. adjective Obsolete spelling of straight, now a misspelling of straight.
8. noun A narrow channel of water connecting two larger bodies of water.

   the Strait of Gibraltar

Similar words

narrow pass close tight straight sound shanghai the street jacketing

Often followed by

of and to is between islander in gate jacket

Word family

straiter straitest straitly straitness straitnesses straits