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westabout

westabout adjective: westward, heading west.

Adjective

westabout (not comparable)

  1. Westward, heading west.
    • a westabout circumnavigation of the globe

Adverb

westabout (not comparable)

  1. Westwards, heading west.
    • sailing westabout

Origin of westabout

From west + about.

Questions about westabout

What does westabout mean?
Westabout means westward, heading west.
What part of speech is westabout?
Westabout can be an adjective or an adverb.

Words near westabout in the dictionary

  1. west-southwestern
  2. west-southwestward
  3. west-southwestwards
  4. westaboo
  5. westaboos
  6. westabout
  7. Westacott
  8. Westacotts
  9. Westall
  10. Westalls
  11. Westampton

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