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west

118 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. 1) west (adverb)
  2. 2) west (adjective)
  3. 3) west (noun)
  4. West (biographical name)
  5. West (biographical name)
  6. West (biographical name)
  7. West (biographical name)
  8. West African (adjective)
  9. West African (noun)
  10. West African oil palm (noun)
  11. West African pidgin (noun)
  12. West Aramaic (noun)
  13. West-Atlantic (noun)
  14. west by north
  15. west by south
  16. west coast hemlock (noun)
  17. West Germanic (noun)
  18. West Goth (noun)
  19. West Highland (noun)
  20. West Highland white terrier (noun)
  21. West Indiaman (noun)
  22. West Indian arrowroot (noun)
  23. West Indian birch (noun)
  24. West Indian boxwood (noun)
  25. West Indian cane weevil (noun)
  26. West Indian cherry (noun)
  27. West Indian ebony (noun)
  28. West Indian fruit fly (noun)
  29. West Indian gherkin (noun)
  30. West Indian ivy (noun)

1west

adv \ˈwest\

Definition of WEST

: to, toward, or in the west
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Examples of WEST

  1. They drove west after they got off the highway.
  2. They live just west of here.

Origin of WEST

Middle English, from Old English; akin to Old High German westar to the west and probably to Latin vesper evening, Greek hesperos
First Known Use: before 12th century

Rhymes with WEST

best, breast, Brest, chest, crest, gest, geste, guest, hest, jessed, jest, lest, nest, pest, quest, rest, test, tressed, vest, wrest, zest

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