The Straits Settlements. / (informal) The British rock band Dire Straits.

plural of strait

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of strait

(archaic) Narrow; restricted as to space or room; close. / (archaic) Righteous, strict. / (obsolete) Tight; close; tight-fitting. / (obsolete) Close; intimate; near; familiar.

(geography) A narrow channel of water connecting two larger bodies of water. / A narrow pass, passage or street. / A neck of land; an isthmus. / (often in the plural) A difficult position.

(obsolete, transitive) To confine; put to difficulties. / (obsolete, transitive) To tighten.

(obsolete) Strictly; rigorously.

(uncountable) The state or quality of being strait. / (countable) The result or product of being strait.

plural of straitness

A surname.