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southabout

southabout adverb: to the south.

Adverb

southabout (not comparable)

  1. To the south.
    • […] 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:
    northabout

Antonyms of southabout

Questions about southabout

What does southabout mean?
Southabout means to the south.
What part of speech is southabout?
Southabout is an adverb.

Words near southabout in the dictionary

  1. south-wester
  2. south-westerlies
  3. south-westerly
  4. south-western
  5. south-wests
  6. southabout
  7. Southall
  8. Southalls
  9. Southam
  10. Southampton
  11. Southampton County

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