noun
1 narrow piece of water connecting seas, etc.
ADJECTIVE
▪ narrow
VERB + STRAIT
▪ go through , pass through
▪ enter
STRAIT + VERB
▪ separate sth
▪
The oil terminal is in the narrow ~ that separates the island from the mainland.
PREPOSITION
▪ across the ~
▪
He tried to swim across the Straits of Gibraltar.
▪ in the ~
▪
a ship anchored in the Straits of Hormuz
▪ on the ~
▪
The town is on the ~s between the Black Sea and the Mediterranean.
▪ through the ~
▪
Many hundreds of vessels pass through the ~s each year.
▪ ~ between
2 straits trouble
ADJECTIVE
▪ desperate , dire , serious
▪ economic , financial
PREPOSITION
▪ in ~
▪
The business is in dire financial ~s.