Defenition of the word compass point
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Defenition of the word compass point
- any of 32 horizontal directions indicated on the card of a compass; "he checked the point on his compass"
- any of 32 horizontal directions indicated on the card of a compass
Synonyms for the word compass point
Hyponyms for the word compass point
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- cardinal compass point
- east by north
- east by south
- east northeast
- east southeast
- EbN
- EbS
- ENE
- ESE
- NbE
- NbW
- NE
- NEbE
- NEbN
- NNE
- NNW
- nor'-east
- nor'-nor'-east
- nor'-nor'-west
- nor'-west
- north by east
- north by west
- north northeast
- north northwest
- northeast
- northeast by east
- northeast by north
- northeastward
- northwest
- northwest by north
- northwest by west
- northwestward
- NW
- NWbN
- NWbW
- SbE
- SbW
- SE
- SEbE
- SEbS
- sou'-east
- sou'-sou'-east
- sou'-sou'-west
- sou'-west
- south by east
- south by west
- south southeast
- south southwest
- southeast
- southeast by east
- southeast by south
- southeastward
- southwest
- southwest by south
- southwest by west
- southwestward
- SSE
- SSW
- SW
- SWbS
- SWbW
- WbN
- WbS
- west by north
- west by south
- west northwest
- west southwest
- WNW
- WSW
Hypernyms for the word compass point
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