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straits

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American soundstraits
straits
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Myanmar meaning

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strait /streÇt/ n

၁။ [C often pl with sing meaning esp in place names] ရေလက်ကြား။ the Straits of Gibraltar ❍ the Magellan Straits.
၂။ straits [pl] အကျပ်အတည်း။ အခက်အခဲ။ ဘေးကျပ်နံကျပ်။ be in dire/desperate/serious financial straits.

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  • strait /streÇt/ n ၁။ [C often pl with sing meaning esp in place names] ရေလက်ကြား။ the Straits of Gibraltar
  • the Magellan Straits. ၂။ straits [pl] အကျပ်အတည်း။ အခက်အခဲ။ ဘေးကျပ်နံကျပ်။ be in dire/desperate/serious financial straits.
Synonyms
passage, channel, canal, sound, bewilderment, bind, bottleneck, choke point, contingency, crisis, crossroad, difficulty, dilemma, distress, embarrassment, emergency, exigency, extremity, hardship, hole, incapacious, inlet, linear, mess, mystification, narrow, narrows, pass, perplexity, pinch, plight, predicament, rigor, squeeze, turning point, vicissitude, water channel, zero hour
Antonyms
advantage, benefit, blessing, closure, comfort, ease, good fortune, miracle, solution, success
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passagechannelcanalsoundbewildermentbindbottleneckchoke pointcontingencycrisiscrossroaddifficultydilemmadistressembarrassmentemergencyexigencyextremityhardshipholeincapaciousinletlinearmessmystificationnarrownarrowspass
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