Dictionary Entry
windward
windward is a 8-letter English word with 7 senses as noun, adjective, and adverb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The point or side from which the wind blows; as, to ply to the windward; -- opposed to leeward. Face value is 16 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
8 letters · Scrabble 16 · Words With Friends 17 · 7 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
The point or side from which the wind blows; as, to ply to the windward; -- opposed to leeward.
- 2adjective
Situated toward the point from which the wind blows; as, the Windward Islands.
- 3adverb
Toward the wind; in the direction from which the wind blows.
- 4noun
the side of something that is toward the wind
- 5noun
the direction from which the wind is coming
- 6adjective
on the side exposed to the wind
"the windward islands"
- 7adverb
away from the wind
"they were sailing windward"
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