·adv Toward the northwest.
II. Northwest ·adj Coming from the northwest; as, a northwest wind.
III. Northwest ·noun The point in the horizon between the north and west, and equally distant from each; the northwest part or region.
IV. Northwest ·adj Pertaining to, or in the direction of, the point between the north and west; being in the northwest; toward the northwest, or coming from the northwest; as, the northwest coast.