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downbound

downbound adjective: moving in a direction that is considered down, such as downstream or to a lower level.

Adjective

downbound (not comparable)

  1. Moving in a direction that is considered down, such as downstream or to a lower level.
    • All downbound vessels shall enter Lake Erie through the East Outer Channel east of Detroit River Light ...1968, The Code of Federal Regulations of the United States of America, page 203
    • year unknown, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce, Hearings
      Of the tonnage downbound, 11,946,000 gross tons was destined to ports on Lake Ontario ...

Adverb

downbound (not comparable)

  1. Moving down.

Origin of downbound

From down + -bound.

Questions about downbound

What does downbound mean?
Downbound means moving in a direction that is considered down, such as downstream or to a lower level.
What part of speech is downbound?
Downbound can be an adjective or an adverb.

Words near downbound in the dictionary

  1. downblousers
  2. downblouses
  3. downblousing
  4. downbore
  5. downborne
  6. downbound
  7. downbow
  8. downbowed
  9. downbowing
  10. downbows
  11. downburst

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