sou'west
- adverb
- /ˌsuːˈwɛst/
- Archaic
- The ship sailed sou'west to avoid the storm.
Examples
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We need to travel sou'west to reach the coast.
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They traveled sou'west across the open fields.
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The wind shifted and began blowing sou'west early in the morning.
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The wind is blowing from the sou'west.
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The hiker set out sou'west to reach the hidden valley.
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To find the treasure, we must go sou'west from the ancient oak tree.
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The ducks flew sou'west as the sun began to set.
Synonyms
Toward the direction halfway between south and west
Toward the southwest
Toward the south and west
In the direction between south and west
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Sou'west is an informal way to say south + west, so it means 'southwest', the direction between south and west. The apostrophe shows the missing 'th' sound, making it a quick, spoken way to name that direction.