narrows

3 definitions found

narrows - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Narrow \Nar"row\, n.; pl. Narrows.
     A narrow passage; esp., a contracted part of a stream, lake,
     or sea; a strait connecting two bodies of water; -- usually
     in the plural; as, The Narrows of New York harbor.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           Near the island lay on one side the jaws of a dangerous
           narrow.                                  --Gladstone.
     [1913 Webster]

narrows - U.S. Gazetteer (1990) :

  Narrows, KY
    Zip code(s): 42358
  Narrows, VA (town, FIPS 54904)
    Location: 37.33138 N, 80.80909 W
    Population (1990): 2082 (929 housing units)
    Area: 3.3 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 24124

narrows - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  38 Moby Thesaurus words for "narrows":
     arm, armlet, bay, bayou, belt, bight, boca, bottleneck, canal,
     channel, cove, creek, defile, estuary, euripus, fjord, frith, gulf,
     gut, harbor, inlet, isthmus, kyle, loch, mouth, narrow,
     narrow seas, natural harbor, neck, pass, reach, road, roads,
     roadstead, sound, strait, straits, throat