Adjective northwest has 2 senses
  1. northwestern, northwesterly, northwest - situated in or oriented toward the northwest
    Antonym: south (indirect, via north)
  2. northwesterly, northwest - coming from the northwest; "northwesterly winds"
    Antonym: south (indirect, via north)
,Noun northwester has 1 sense
  1. northwest wind, northwester - a wind from the northwest
    --1 is a kind of wind, air current, current of air
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