strait
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a narrow channel of the sea joining two larger bodies of water
Types & categories
- channel hypernym
- narrow hyponym
- Dardanelles instance hyponym
- East River instance hyponym
- Bering Strait instance hyponym
- Bosporus instance hyponym
- Cook Strait instance hyponym
- Golden Gate instance hyponym
- Kattegatt instance hyponym
- Korean Strait instance hyponym
- Menai Strait instance hyponym
- North Channel instance hyponym
- Skagerrak instance hyponym
- Solent instance hyponym
- Strait of Georgia instance hyponym
- Strait of Gibraltar instance hyponym
- Strait of Hormuz instance hyponym
- Strait of Magellan instance hyponym
- Strait of Messina instance hyponym
- Strait of Dover instance hyponym
- Torres Strait instance hyponym
Sense 2 adjective
narrow
strait is the gate
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
a bad or difficult situation or state of affairs
Types & categories
- situation hypernym
- desperate straits hyponym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | channel |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | narrow |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Dardanelles |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | East River |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Bering Strait |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Bosporus |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Cook Strait |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Golden Gate |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Kattegatt |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Korean Strait |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Menai Strait |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | North Channel |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Skagerrak |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Solent |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Strait of Georgia |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Strait of Gibraltar |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Strait of Hormuz |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Strait of Magellan |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Strait of Messina |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Strait of Dover |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Torres Strait |
| 2 | domain usage | Related & opposite | archaism |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | narrow |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | situation |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | desperate straits |