Crossing and Strait

Crossing

Crossing noun - A journey over water in a vessel.

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Strait and crossing are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Strait" instead a noun "Crossing".

Nearby Words: cross, crossed, crossbar, crossover

Strait noun - A narrow body of water between two land masses.

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Crossing and strait are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Crossing" instead a noun "Strait".

Nearby Word: straiten

actual	actual crossing	actual strait
famous	famous crossing	famous strait

With tepees, of course...which they reach after crossing a frozen strait and passing through what looks a lot like the Pacific Northwest.

Source: Culture Chop Suey
The crossing of the arms is connected to the fact that she is in a strait jacket most of the time.

Source: Theatre / When We Dead Awaken
Crossing over into the Anime/Manga section, anime voice actor Sonny Strait was once a writing, drawing and inking intern for the creator of ElfQuest and pushed her a bit back into the comic circle.

Source: Big Name Fan

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