Strait (Noun)
Meaning 1
A bad or difficult situation or state of affairs.
Classification
Nouns denoting natural processes.
Examples
- She found herself in a difficult strait when she couldn't find a job after graduation.
- The company was in a financial strait and had to lay off several employees to stay afloat.
- He got into a romantic strait when he fell in love with a woman who was already engaged to someone else.
- The city was in a dire strait after the hurricane destroyed most of the infrastructure.
- They were in a precarious strait when their car broke down in the middle of the desert with no phone signal.
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Meaning 2
A narrow channel of the sea joining two larger bodies of water.
Classification
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made).