narrows

from The 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]
from 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
from U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)
Narrows, VA -- U.S. town in Virginia
   Population (2000):    2111
   Housing Units (2000): 971
   Land area (2000):     1.279603 sq. miles (3.314156 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.055472 sq. miles (0.143672 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    1.335075 sq. miles (3.457828 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            54904
   Located within:       Virginia (VA), FIPS 51
   Location:             37.331818 N, 80.808477 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):     24124
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Narrows, VA
    Narrows
from 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
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