STRAIT OF DOVER

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

The strait between the English Channel and the North Sea; shortest distance between England and the European continent

Synonyms:

Pas de Calais; Strait of Calais; Strait of Dover

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Instance hypernyms:

sound; strait (a narrow channel of the sea joining two larger bodies of water)

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