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northabout

northabout adverb: to the north.

Adverb

northabout (not comparable)

  1. To the north.
    • […] the schedule gradually declining according to size until for 3,876 to 4,000 tons the rates are 8/7 southabout or 11/1 northabout.1943, Syren and Shipping Illustrated (volume 187, page 159)
    Antonyms:
    southabout

Antonyms of northabout

Questions about northabout

What does northabout mean?
Northabout means to the north.
What part of speech is northabout?
Northabout is an adverb.

Words near northabout in the dictionary

  1. north-westerlies
  2. north-westerly
  3. north-western
  4. North-Western Rhodesia
  5. north-wests
  6. northabout
  7. Northall
  8. Northallerton
  9. Northalls
  10. Northam
  11. Northampton

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