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leeward

English

  1. 🔊 on the side away from the wind
    “on the leeward side of the island”
  2. 🔊 the direction in which the wind is blowing
  3. 🔊 the side of something that is sheltered from the wind
  4. 🔊 away from the wind
    “they were sailing leeward”

Similar words

lee lee side upwind alee anticlockwise aweather clockwise counterclockwise downwind earthward flanking glancing heavenward homeward landward lateral lee lee sheet lee shore lee side lee tack leftward next-beside rightward