stricture
A rule restricting behaviour or actionA rule restricting behaviour or action.
Meaning
7 senses(countable, usually plural, uncountable)A rule restricting behaviour or action.
(countable, uncountable)A general state of restrictiveness on behavior, action, or ideology.
I just couldn't take the stricture of that place a single day more.
(countable, uncountable)A sternly critical remark or review.
суровая критикаsurovaja kritika
(countable, uncountable)Abnormal narrowing of a canal or duct in the body.
стриктураstriktura
abnormal narrowing of a bodily canal or passageway
(countable, uncountable)The degree of contact, in consonants.
(countable, obsolete, uncountable)Strictness.
(countable, obsolete, uncountable)A stroke; a glance; a touch.
Translations
3 languagesBy meaning 2
Origin
Borrowed from Late Latin strictūra, from Latin strictus.Borrowed from Late Latin strictūra, from Latin strictus.
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Forms
plural: strictures| Singular | stricture |
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Synonyms
17 synonyms- abnormal narrowing of a bodily canal or passageway:stenosis
Word family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable