It is called an isthmus.
An isthmus is a narrow strip of land with water on either side that connects two larger land areas. It serves as a link between two bodies of land, such as connecting two continents or separating two bodies of water.
It is spelled "straight" if it means "not crooked". It is spelled "strait" if it refers to a body of water connecting two other bodies of water, like the Straits of Mackinac.
Homonyms are words that are pronounced the same but have different meanings. "Straight" means not crooked or curved, while "strait" refers to a narrow natural channel of water connecting two larger bodies of water.
straight For example, She drew a straight line with a pencil and a ruler.
The words 'Détroit' and 'Détroits' mean strait or straits. For a strait is a 'narrow navigable channel that connects two larger navigable bodies of water'. The term doesn't find its use just as the city in Michigan. For it also is the French way of saying the Dardanelles [le détroit des Dardanelles] off Turkey, the Straits of Gibraltar [le détroit de Gibraltar] near Spain, and the Straits of Magellan [le détroit de Magellan] off southernmost Argentina and Chile.Strait.'un détroit' is a narrow channel of water connecting two larger bodies of water (a strait or straits), like the 'détroit de Gibraltar' between Spain and North Africa.
An isthmus.
a strait is a narrow passage (found in my social studies book)
A narrow body of water connecting two larger bodies of water is called a Strait.
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a strait is a narrow passage of water connecting two larger bodies of water. An isthmus is a narrow strip of land, bordered by water, connecting two larger bodies of land
A narrow body of water connecting two larger bodies of water is called a Strait.
A man made narrow body of water connecting two larger bodies is a canal. A natural feature that connects two bodies of water is called a strait.
A narrow waterway is a common crossword puzzle clue. The most common answers are ria, inlet, strait, and canal. A related word is estuary.A narrow channel connecting two seas is sometimes called a channel. Another word for this narrow passage is strait.Other answers included:RiverBrookA narrow waterway between two landmasses that connects two larger bodies of water is called a strait. An example of this is the Bering Strait between North America and Asia.
A strait is a narrow body of water that connects two larger bodies of water. The opposite (a narrow piece of land that connects two larger pieces of land) is called an isthmus.
A strait is a narrow body of water that connects two larger bodies of water. The opposite (a narrow piece of land that connects two larger pieces of land) is called an isthmus.
The Straits of Dover, Bering Straits and the Straits of Gibraltar are just three examples. A strait is a navigable narrow channel connecting two larger bodies of water.
It is called an isthmus.