leeward side

1. 1.

   the side sheltered from the wind

   Synonymsto leeward

   Broaderleeward

Questions about leeward side

What does leeward side mean?

leeward side means "the side sheltered from the wind".

What is another word for leeward side?

Close synonyms include to leeward. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is leeward side a common word?

leeward side is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.