Dictionary Entry
leeward
leeward is a 7-letter English word with 7 senses as adjective, noun, and adverb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Pertaining to, or in the direction of, the part or side toward which the wind blows; -- opposed to windward; as, a leeward berth; a leeward ship. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
7 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 12 · 7 senses
Definitions
- 1adjective
Pertaining to, or in the direction of, the part or side toward which the wind blows; -- opposed to windward; as, a leeward berth; a leeward ship.
- 2noun
The lee side; the lee.
- 3adverb
Toward the lee.
- 4noun
the side of something that is sheltered from the wind
Synonyms
- 5noun
the direction in which the wind is blowing
- 6adjective
on the side away from the wind
"on the leeward side of the island"
- 7adverb
toward the wind
"they were sailing leeward"
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