Usually means: Protected side away from wind.
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General (24 matching dictionaries)
  1. leeward: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. leeward: Merriam-Webster
  3. leeward: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. leeward: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. leeward: Collins English Dictionary
  6. leeward: Vocabulary.com
  7. Leeward, leeward: Wordnik
  8. leeward: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. leeward: Wiktionary
  10. leeward: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. leeward: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. leeward: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. Leeward, leeward: Dictionary.com
  14. Leeward: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Leeward: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. leeward: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. leeward: Rhymezone
  18. Leeward: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. leeward: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  20. leeward: FreeDictionary.org
  21. leeward: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. leeward: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Travel Industry Dictionary (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. leeward: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Brilliant Dream Dictionary (No longer online)

Science (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Botanical Terms (No longer online)
  2. leeward: Evolution Glossary

Sports (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Leeward: Sports Definitions

Tech (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. Glossary of Meteorology (No longer online)
  2. LEEWARD: Glossary of Nautical Terms
  3. National Weather Service Glossary (No longer online)
  4. SeaTalk Dictionary of English Nautical Language (No longer online)
  5. Leeward: Latitude Mexico

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
adjective:  On the side sheltered from the wind; in that direction.
adverb:  Away from the direction from which the wind is blowing; downwind.

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