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Word entry · 7 letters

leeward

Best crossword clue

"Sheltered from wind"

7 letters · collected on this word page

7 lettersPronunciation /ˈliːwəd/Part of speech adverb, adjective, nounSorted adeelrwStarts with LEnds with D1 cluesCommon crossword word
1L2E3E4W5A6R7D

Definitions

  1. away from the wind

Word origin

From lee (“side away from the wind”) + -ward (“direction”).

Used in a sentence

  • No lady goat is safe from criminal assault, even on the Sabbath Day, when there is a genteman goat within three miles to leeward of her and nothing in the way but a fence fourteen feet high[…]

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