Usually means: Narrow waterways connecting larger bodies.
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  1. straits: Merriam-Webster
  2. straits, straits: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. straits: Collins English Dictionary
  4. straits: Vocabulary.com
  5. Strait's, Straits, straits: Wordnik
  6. straits: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. Straits, straits: Wiktionary
  8. straits: Dictionary.com
  9. straits: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  10. Straits, The Straits: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. Straits: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  12. straits: Rhymezone
  13. Straits: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  14. straits: FreeDictionary.org
  15. straits: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. straits: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. straits: Legal dictionary

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  1. Straits: Encyclopedia

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  1. straits: Medical dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Straits)

▸ noun:  (historical) Short for the Straits Settlements, a former British colony along the Strait of Malacca.
▸ noun:  (informal) Short for the Dire Straits, a British rock band.

Similar:
head, pass, Straits Settlements, Old Strait, S.S., Governor's Strait, Singapore Strait, Straits of Malacca, Strait of Malacca, Taiwan Straits, more...

Opposite:
plenty, abundance, surplus

Types:
pinch, predicament, plight, quandary, scrape, tough spot, jam, fix, more...

Phrases:
Straits Settlements, dire straits, desperate straits, Taiwan Straits, torres straits, more...

Adjectives:
financial, dire, desperate, such, great, narrow, turkish, sore, international, economic, serious

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Similar:
head, pass, Straits Settlements, Old Strait, S.S., Governor's Strait, Singapore Strait, Straits of Malacca, Strait of Malacca, Taiwan Straits, more...

Opposite:
plenty, abundance, surplus

Types:
pinch, predicament, plight, quandary, scrape, tough spot, jam, fix, more...

Phrases:
Straits Settlements, dire straits, desperate straits, Taiwan Straits, torres straits, Bering Straits, straits chinese, florida straits, menai straits, Formosa Straits, straits question, straits settlement, more...

Adjectives:
financial, dire, desperate, such, great, narrow, turkish, sore, international, economic, serious

Colors:
    teal,     turquoise,     azure,     cerulean,     aquamarine, more...



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