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northwest
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun northwest has 4 senses
- northwest(n = noun.location) northwestern united states - the northwestern region of the United States; Array is a kind of geographic area, geographic region, geographical area, geographical region
- northwest(n = noun.linkdef) Array - the direction corresponding to the northwestward compass point; Array is a kind of direction
- northwest(n = noun.linkdef) nor'-west, northwestward, nw - the compass point midway between north and west; at 315 degrees; Array is a kind of compass point, point
- northwest(n = noun.location) Array - a location in the northwestern part of a country, region, or city; Array is a kind of location
is a part of west, western united states
has parts: cascade mountains, cascade range, cascades
Adjective northwest has 2 senses
- northwest(s = adj.all) northwesterly, northwestern - situated in or oriented toward the northwest; Array
- northwest(s = adj.all) northwesterly - coming from the northwest; "northwesterly winds"
Adverbial northwest has 1 sense
- northwest(r = adv.all) nor'-west, north-west - to, toward, or in the northwest; Array
CIDE DICTIONARY
northwest, n. [AS. nor.].
- The point in the horizon between the north and west, and equally distant from each; the northwest part or region. [1913 Webster]
- The northwestern part of the contiguous forty-eight states of the United States, especially the states of Washington and Oregon. [PJC]
northwest, 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. [1913 Webster]
- Coming from the northwest; as, a northwest wind. [1913 Webster]
northwest, adv.
Toward the northwest. [1913 Webster]
THESAURUS
northwest
Dixie, Dixieland, Down East, East, East Coast, Middle Atlantic, Middle West, NNW, NW, NW by N, NW by W, New England, North, North Central region, Northeast, Northwest, Pacific Northwest, South, Southeast, Southwest, Sunbelt, West, West Coast, Yankeeland, antarctic, arctic, austral, boreal, cardinal points, compass card, compass rose, degrees, east, eastbound, easterly, eastermost, eastern, easternmost, eastland, eastward, half points, hyperborean, lubber line, meridional, north, north-northwest, northbound, northeast, northeasterly, northeastern, northerly, northern, northernmost, northland, northward, northwest by north, northwest by west, northwesterly, northwestern, northwestward, northwestwardly, northwestwards, occident, occidental, orient, oriental, quarter points, rhumb, south, southbound, southeast, southeasterly, southeastern, southerly, southern, southernmost, southward, southwest, southwesterly, southwestern, sunrise, sunset, the Coast, west, westbound, westerly, western, westernmost, westland, westward, wild West
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