northwests
Saynorth-WESTSUS/nɔɹθˈwɛsts/UK/nɔːθˈwɛsts/
- 1Plural of northwest. Rare.
Note
Only the compass-point noun can take an -s. When northwest works as an adjective or adverb (a northwest wind, sailing northwest), its form never changes. Even the noun rarely pluralizes, because a direction usually behaves as a single point rather than something you count. The plural appears when several separate regions are compared, such as the northwest of one province set against the northwest of another.
northwests is a form of northwest
northwest, noun: The intercardinal compass point halfway between west and north, lying at a bearing of 315 degrees. Full entry
- Forms
- northwestnorthwests plural
- Spelling
- northwest → northwests: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /s/.
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