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narrows¹

verb

  1. indicative, present, singular, third person third-person singular simple present indicative of narrow

noun narrows

  1. A narrow part of a navigable waterway.

Narrows²

proper noun

  1. A community in Leeds and the Thousand Islands township, United Counties of Leeds and Grenville, Ontario, Canada.
  2. An unincorporated community in Banks County, Georgia.
  3. An unincorporated community in Harney County, Oregon.
  4. A town in Giles County, Virginia.
  5. usually, with the The narrow waterway connecting Upper New York Bay and Lower New York Bay.
  6. with the The strait that separates the Caribbean islands of Saint Kitts and Nevis.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: strait, tapered, tapering, thin, constrictive, constringe, constrict, slender, limited, small, little, petty, small-minded, narrow-minded, close-minded, closed-minded

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@misc{narrows_2026,
  title = {narrows},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/narrows},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}