Another word for strait

strait Synonyms

strait

A channel
inlet, canal, sound, narrows; see channel 1.
Difficulty
distress, crisis, plight, emergency; see difficulty 1, 2. See syn. study at emergency.

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The deep strait which separates it on the east from Lombok was taken by A.
Australia is bounded by the Timor Sea, the Arafura Sea and Torres Strait; on the E.
Limit - East Cape on the Bering Strait - is in 191° E.
From Torres Strait to Dampier Land the shelf spreads out, and connects Australia with New Guinea and the Malay Archipelago.
A service of the British India Steam Navigation Company's steamers has been established between Negapatam and Colombo through Palk Strait and this narrow passage.

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