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SOUTHWEST BY SOUTH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does southwest by south mean? 

SOUTHWEST BY SOUTH (noun)
  The noun SOUTHWEST BY SOUTH has 1 sense:

1. the compass point that is one point south of southwestplay

  Familiarity information: SOUTHWEST BY SOUTH used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SOUTHWEST BY SOUTH (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The compass point that is one point south of southwest

Classified under:

Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas

Synonyms:

southwest by south; SWbS

Hypernyms ("southwest by south" is a kind of...):

compass point; point (any of 32 horizontal directions indicated on the card of a compass)


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