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Webster 1913 Edition

Southwest

Southˊwest

(?; colloq. sou′-.)
,
Noun.
The point of the compass equally from the south and the west; the southwest part or region.

Southˊwest′

,
Adj.
Pertaining to, or in the direction of, the southwest; proceeding toward the southwest; coming from the southwest;
as, a
southwest
wind
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Southwest

SOUTHWEST

,
Noun.
[south and west.] The point of the compass equally distant from the south and west.

SOUTHWEST

, a.
1.
Lying in the direction of the southwest; as a southwest country.
2.
Coming from the southwest; as a southwest wind.

Definition 2024

southwest

southwest

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Noun

southwest ‎(usually uncountable, plural southwests)

  1. The compass point halfway between south and west, specifically 225°, abbreviated as SW.
    • 1908, W[illiam] B[lair] M[orton] Ferguson, Zollenstein, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, OCLC 29686887 , chapter IV:
      So this was my future home, I thought! […] Backed by towering hills, the but faintly discernible purple line of the French boundary off to the southwest, a sky of palest Gobelin flecked with fat, fleecy little clouds, it in truth looked a dear little city; the city of one's dreams.

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southwest ‎(not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to the southwest; southwestern.
  2. Towards the southwest, southwestwards, southwestern.
  3. From the southwest, southwesterly

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