choke point

noun

: a strategic narrow route providing passage through or to another region

Examples of choke point in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Tehran’s parliament approved on Sunday a provision stipulating that ships passing through the Hormuz choke point will pay for services provided by Tehran, according to local media reports. — Anniek Bao, CNBC, 24 Aug. 2026

Although virtually every Middle East wargame undertaken over the past 50 years has resulted in a closure of this global choke point, this fact was either forgotten or simply ignored in planning the current action. — Tom Jurkowsky, Baltimore Sun, 23 Aug. 2026

Oman and Iran border opposite sides of the strait; their respective territorial waters meet in the 21-mile-wide choke point. — Vivian Salama, The Atlantic, 21 Aug. 2026

And though Assad has been ousted from Syria, the Houthis in Yemen now threaten to restart their long-running feud with Saudi Arabia and seal another crucial choke point — the Bab al Mandab strait linking the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden. — Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1944, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for choke point

• counterpoint
• disappoint
• multipoint
• needlepoint
• reappoint
• adjoint
• anoint
• appoint
• checkpoint
• conjoint
• disjoint
• endpoint