Category:Northwest

North`west", n. Etym: [as. noredhwest.]

Defn: the point in the horizon between the north and west, and Equally distant from each; the northwest part or region.

Northwest North`west", a.

1. Pertaining to, or in the direction of, the point between the north And west; being in the northwest; toward the northwest, or coming From the northwest; as, the northwest coast.

2. Coming from the northwest; as, a northwest wind. Northwest Passage, a passage or communication by sea between the atlantic and Pacific oceans along the north coast of america, long sought for by Navigators.

Northwest North`west", adv.

Defn: toward the northwest.