also southwest
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
The south-west is the direction which is halfway between south and west.
...the village of Popplewell, some six miles to the south-west.
N-UNCOUNT : also the N
2.
The south-west of a place, country, or region is the part which is towards the south-west.
...the mountains in the south west of the USA.
N-SING : usu the N , oft N of n
3.
If you go south-west , you travel towards the south-west.
We took a plane south-west across the Anatolian plateau to Cappadocia.
ADV : ADV after v
4.
Something that is south-west of a place is positioned to the south-west of it.
...a gold mine at Orkney, south-west of Johannesburg.
ADV : ADV of n
5.
The south-west part of a place, country, or region is the part which is towards the south-west.
...a light aircraft crash near Stranraer in South-West Scotland.
...in the south-west corner of my garden.
ADJ : ADJ n
6.
A south-west wind is a wind that blows from the south-west.
ADJ : ADJ n