southwest : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: southwest	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for southwest
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
southwest adv to, toward, or in the southwest [syn: southwest, south-west, sou'west] adj coming from the southwest; "the winds are southwesterly" Synonym(s): southwesterly, southwest situated in or oriented toward the southwest Synonym(s): southwest, southwestern, southwesterly n the compass point midway between south and west; at 225 degrees Synonym(s): southwest, sou'-west, southwestward, SW the southwestern region of the United States generally including New Mexico, Arizona, Texas, Nevada, California, and sometimes Utah and Colorado Synonym(s): Southwest, southwestern United States the direction corresponding to the southwestward compass point a location in the southwestern part of a country, region, or city
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Southwest \South`west\ (?; colloq. sou"-.), n. The point of the compass equally from the south and the west; the southwest part or region.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Southwest \South`west"\, a. Pertaining to, or in the direction of, the southwest; proceeding toward the southwest; coming from the southwest; as, a southwest wind.