northwest : Idioms & Phrases

• noun giant shipworm of the Pacific coast of North America
  Bankia setaceae.
  

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• noun the compass point that is midway between north and northwest
  NNW; nor'-nor'-west.
  

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• adverb to, toward, or in the north-northwest
  nor'-nor'-west.
  

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• noun the compass point that is one point north of northwest
  NWbN.
  

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• noun the compass point that is one point west of northwest
  NWbW.
  

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• noun a water route between the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean along the northern coast of North America; Europeans since the 16th century had searched for a short route to the Far East before it was successfully traversed by Roald Amundsen (1903-1906)
  

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• a passage or communication by sea between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans along the north coast of America, long sought for by navigators.

Webster 1913

• noun a large territory in northwestern Canada; part is now Nunavut
  

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• noun a wind from the northwest
  northwester.
  

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• noun a region of the northwestern United States usually including Washington and Oregon and sometimes southwestern British Columbia
  

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• noun the compass point midway between west and northwest
  WNW.
  

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• that point which lies 22½° to the north or south of west, or halfway between west and northwest or southwest, respectively. See Illust. of Compass.

Webster 1913