northwest by north

1. 1.

   the compass point that is one point north of northwest

   SynonymsNWbN

   Broadercompass point

Questions about northwest by north

What does northwest by north mean?

northwest by north means "the compass point that is one point north of northwest".

What is another word for northwest by north?

Close synonyms include NWbN. 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 northwest by north a common word?

northwest by north 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.