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WEST NORTHWEST
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Dictionary entry overview: What does west northwest mean?
• WEST NORTHWEST (noun)
The noun WEST NORTHWEST has 1 sense:
1. the compass point midway between west and northwest
Familiarity information: WEST NORTHWEST used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The compass point midway between west and northwest
Classified under:
Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas
Synonyms:
west northwest; WNW
Hypernyms ("west northwest" is a kind of...):
compass point; point (any of 32 horizontal directions indicated on the card of a compass)
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