northeast : Idioms & Phrases


east northeast

  • noun the compass point midway between northeast and east
    ENE.
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East-northeast, East-southeast

  • that which lie 22 to the north or south of east, or half way between east and northeast or southeast, respectively. See Illust. of Compass.
Webster 1913

north northeast

  • noun the compass point that is midway between north and northeast
    NNE; nor'-nor'-east.
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north-northeast

  • adverb to, toward, or in the north-northeast
    nor'-nor'-east.
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northeast by east

  • noun the compass point that is one point east of northeast
    NEbE.
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northeast by north

  • noun the compass point that is one point north of northeast
    NEbN.
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Northeast passage

  • a passage or communication by sea between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans along the north coast of Asia.
Webster 1913