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