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[かい()·きょう()]
kaikyou
noun

English Meaning(s) for 海峡

noun
  1. channel (e.g. between two land masses); strait

Definition and Synonyms for 海峡

Channel a passage for water (or other fluids) to flow through
Synonyms: チャネル, 仲介物, 水路, 海峡
Epithelial Duct a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance
Synonyms: チャネル, 仲介物, , 堀割, 堀川, 堀江, 導管, 水路, 海峡, 運河
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
Synonyms: 水道, 海峡, 海門, 瀬戸
Strait a narrow channel of the sea joining two larger bodies of water
Synonyms: 海峡, 海門, 瀬戸

Meanings for each kanji in 海峡

» sea; ocean
» gorge; ravine

Categories 海峡 is a member of

Passage a way through or along which someone or something may pass
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Body Of Water the part of the earth's surface covered with water (such as a river or lake or ocean)
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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
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Passage a path or channel or duct through or along which something may pass
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Sample Sentences for 海峡

This boat sails through the Strait of Gibraltar.
The swimmer, Cindy Nicholas, barely made it ashore at Dover at the end of the exhausting swim, but a spokesman from the Channel Swimming Association announced that she was in very good shape.
Britain is separated from the Continent by the Channel.
A 19-year-old Canadian broke the world record last month for a nonstop, round-trip swim across the English Channel.
The French are our neighbors across the Channel.

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