WINDWARD SIDE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does windward side mean? 

• WINDWARD SIDE (noun)
  The noun WINDWARD SIDE has 1 sense:

1. the side toward the wind

  Familiarity information: WINDWARD SIDE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WINDWARD SIDE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The side toward the wind

Classified under:

Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas

Synonyms:

weather side; weatherboard; windward side

Hypernyms ("windward side" is a kind of...):

windward (the direction from which the wind is coming)

 Context examples 

Wind blowing on a building can result in a high pressure on the windward side and a low pressure at the leeward side, which drives flow across a room, bringing fresh air in from outside and ventilating a room.

(Wind more effective than cold air at cooling rooms naturally, University of Cambridge)