straits

  • 1straits — straits; straits·man; …

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  • 2straits — index poverty, predicament Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 3Straits — Dire Straits Dire Straits Dire Straits, le 22 octobre 1985 en Norvège Pays d’origin …

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  • 4Straits — Strait Strait, n.; pl. {Straits}. [OE. straight, streit, OF. estreit, estroit. See {Strait}, a.] 1. A narrow pass or passage. [1913 Webster] He brought him through a darksome narrow strait To a broad gate all built of beaten gold. Spenser. [1913… …

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  • 5Straits — (as used in expressions) Florida Straits of Mackinac Straits of Straits Question Straits Settlements * * * …

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  • 6straits — n. difficulties 1) desperate, dire; financial straits 2) in desperate straits * * * dire financial straits [ difficulties ] desperate in desperate straits …

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  • 7straits — noun 1. a bad or difficult situation or state of affairs • Syn: ↑pass, ↑strait • Hypernyms: ↑situation • Hyponyms: ↑desperate straits, ↑dire straits 2. a difficult juncture …

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  • 8straits — Synonyms and related words: arm, armlet, bay, bayou, belt, bight, bind, boca, broken fortune, clutch, complication, cove, creek, crunch, difficulties, distress, embarrassing position, embarrassment, estuary, euripus, fine how do you do, fjord,… …

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  • 9Straits Times Index — Stammdaten Staat Singapur Börse Singapore Exchange ISIN XC0009653640 WKN 965364 Symbol S1T RIC …

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  • 10Straits Estate — is a housing estate located near Sedgley, West Midlands, England, to the north west of Gornal Ward, and was built for homeowners during the late 1950s and early 1960s. The streets within the estate are all named after famous poets and wordsmiths …

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