Narrows

Synonyms for "narrows" (54 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (11)

arm armlet bay bayou belt bight boca bottleneck canal channel

Noun(1 words)

bottleneck

Strong matches (16)

Noun(5 words)

channel compress constrict constriction curtail

cove creek defile estuary euripus fiord firth fjord frith gulf gut

Related words (27)

harbor inlet isthmus kyle loch mouth narrownarrow seasnatural harborneck pass reach road roads roadstead sound strait straits throat

Noun(8 words)

limit narrow passpinch pointrestrict strait taper waterway

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

5 relation types

More general

5 entries

geographic featurelandform limit restrict waterway

More specific

10 entries

canal narrowscompress curtailriver narrowsroad narrowssea narrowsshrinktidal narrowstrimvalley narrows

Collocations

11 entries

narrowing sectionnarrows channelnarrows passnarrows the fieldnarrows the focusnarrows the gapnarrows the optionsnarrows the scoperiver narrowssea narrowstidal narrows

Inflections

2 entries

narrowed narrowing

Derivations

6 entries

narrowed narrower narrowest narrowing narrowly narrowness

Sample sentences

9 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

At this point the sea narrows into a strait.

Source: tatoeba (57905)

The river suddenly narrows at this point.

Source: tatoeba (273227)

The valley narrows 500 feet ahead.

Source: tatoeba (276091)

I'd say that narrows it down quite a bit.

Source: tatoeba (2952708)

Showing 4 of 9 available sentences.

More for "narrows"

Meaning

Keep exploring

Read the definition Browse writing guides Read the blog