strait - a narrow channel of the sea joining two larger bodies of waterDardanelles, Hellespont - the strait between the Aegean and the Sea of Marmara that separates European Turkey from Asian Turkey East River - a tidal strait separating Manhattan and the Bronx from Queens and Brooklyn Bering Strait - a strait connecting the Bering Sea to the Arctic Ocean Bosporus - a strait connecting the Mediterranean and the Black Sea; separates the European and Asian parts of Turkey; an important shipping route channel - a deep and relatively narrow body of water (as in a river or a harbor or a strait linking two larger bodies) that allows the best passage for vessels; "the ship went aground in the channel" Cook Strait - a narrow strait separating the North Island and South Island in New Zealand Golden Gate - a strait in western California that connects the San Francisco Bay with the Pacific Ocean; discovered in 1579 by Sir Francis Drake Kattegatt - a strait of the North Sea between Jutland and Sweden; connects with the North Sea through the Skagerrak Menai Strait - a strait in northern Wales between Anglesey Island and the mainland narrow - a narrow strait connecting two bodies of water North Channel - a strait between Northern Ireland and Scotland that connects the Atlantic Ocean and the Irish Sea Solent, the Solent - a strait of the English Channel between the coast of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight Strait of Georgia - the strait separating Vancouver Island from the Canadian mainland Strait of Magellan - the strait separating South America from Tierra del Fuego and other islands south of the continent; discovered by Ferdinand Magellan in 1520; an important route around South American before the Panama Canal was built Torres Strait - a strait between northeastern Australia and southern New Guinea that connects the Coral Sea with the Arafura Sea |