Northwest
['nɔrθ'wɛst]
Definition
(noun.) a location in the northwestern part of a country, region, or city.
(noun.) the northwestern region of the United States.
(noun.) the compass point midway between north and west; at 315 degrees.
(noun.) the direction corresponding to the northwestward compass point.
(adv.) to, toward, or in the northwest.
Typist: Moira--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The point in the horizon between the north and west, and equally distant from each; the northwest part or region.
(a.) Pertaining to, or in the direction of, the point between the north and west; being in the northwest; toward the northwest, or coming from the northwest; as, the northwest coast.
(a.) Coming from the northwest; as, a northwest wind.
(adv.) Toward the northwest.
Editor: Murdoch
Examples
- The lines, she said, were waterways; the circles, cities; and one far to the northwest of us she pointed out as Helium. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- This process is going on in Northwest India and Australia. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Hence our general cold winds are about northwest, our summer cold gusts the same. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Vast areas to the west and northwest which are now under the Atlantic waters were then dry land; the Irish Sea and the North Sea were river valleys. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- D'Arnot pointed toward the northwest. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- I travelled through the Northwest considerably during the winter of 1860-1. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Our northwest thunder-gusts in America, I know, are not; but of them I have written my opinion fully in a paper which you have seen. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- There were two detached spurs of hills or mountains to the north and northwest of the city, which were also fortified. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
Editor: Nat