Hypertext Webster Gateway: "southwest"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Southwest \South`west\ (?; colloq. sou"-.), n.
The point of the compass equally from the south and the west;
the southwest part or region.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Southwest \South`west"\, a.
Pertaining to, or in the direction of, the southwest;
proceeding toward the southwest; coming from the southwest;
as, a southwest wind.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
southwest
adj 1: coming from the southwest; "the winds are southwesterly"
[syn: {southwesterly}]
2: situated in or oriented toward the southwest [syn: {southwestern},
{southwesterly}]
n 1: the compass point midway between south and west; at 225
degrees [syn: {sou'-west}, {SW}]
2: the southwestern region of the United States [syn: {Southwest}]
adv : to, toward, in in the southwest [syn: {sou'west}]
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