northwest
English Thesaurus
1. a location in the northwestern part of a country, region, or city (noun.location)
hypernym | : | location, |
definition | : | a point or extent in space (noun.tops) |
2. the northwestern region of the United States (noun.location)
part holonym | : | cascade mountains, cascade range, cascades, |
definition | : | a mountain range in the northwestern United States extending through Washington and Oregon and northern California; a part of the Coast Range (noun.object) |
part meronym | : | west, western united states, |
definition | : | the region of the United States lying to the west of the Mississippi River (noun.location) |
3. the compass point midway between north and west; at 315 degrees (noun.linkdef)
hypernym | : | compass point, point, |
definition | : | any of 32 horizontal directions indicated on the card of a compass (noun.linkdef) |
4. the direction corresponding to the northwestward compass point (noun.linkdef)
hypernym | : | direction, |
definition | : | the spatial relation between something and the course along which it points or moves (noun.linkdef) |
5. situated in or oriented toward the northwest (adj.all)
similar | : | north, north, |
definition | : | situated in or facing or moving toward or coming from the north (adj.all) |
6. coming from the northwest (adj.all)
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