noun Download 🔗Share (usually in plural) a rule restricting behaviour or action Examples : "For them, parity is less an ultimate goal than a transitory and permissive springboard for testing Western resolve and pursuing whatever additional accretions of strategic power the strictures of SALT and American tolerance will allow." law society government moral Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A general state of restrictiveness on behavior, action, or ideology Examples : "The stricture on wearing hats in school made many students unhappy, as they felt it limited their personal expression. " society politics culture government law philosophy moral Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A sternly critical remark or review Examples : "The teacher's stricture about the messy handwriting made Maya rewrite her entire essay. " attitude communication language word Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Abnormal narrowing of a canal or duct in the body Examples : "The doctor suspects a urethral stricture is causing his difficulty urinating. " medicine anatomy body organ disease physiology Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Strictness Examples : "The school's stricture against using cell phones in class is meant to help students focus. " condition quality way attitude moral Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A stroke; a glance; a touch Examples : "The shy girl felt a warm stricture of sunlight on her cheek as she walked home from school. " sensation body Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The degree of contact, in consonants Examples : "The stricture in the pronunciation of "b" (as in "ball") is greater than in "v" (as in "van"), because "b" involves complete closure of the lips. " phonetics language linguistics Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading