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southwests

southwests is the plural of southwest.

Meaning of southwest

Noun

southwest (plural southwests)

  1. The intercardinal compass point halfway between south and west; specifically at a bearing of 225°.
    • So this was my future home, I thought![…]Backed by towering hills, the but faintly discernible purple line of the French boundary off to the southwest, a sky of palest Gobelin flecked with fat, fleecy little clouds, it in truth looked a dear little city; the city of one's dreams.1908, W[illiam] B[lair] M[orton] Ferguson, chapter IV, in Zollenstein, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC, page 40
    Antonyms:
    northeast

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Questions about southwests

What is southwests the plural of?
Southwests is the plural of southwest.

Words near southwests in the dictionary

  1. southwesterner
  2. southwesterners
  3. southwesternmost
  4. southwesters
  5. southwestmost
  6. southwests
  7. southwestward
  8. southwestwardly
  9. southwestwards
  10. Southwick
  11. Southwick and Widley

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