Meaning

1 senses
  1. Away from the direction from which the wind is blowing; downwind.

    leewärts, windabwärts, windabgewandt

    по ветруpo vetru

    за ві́тромza vítrom

    away from the wind

Examples

2 sentences
  1. The areas with lowest precipitation are on the leeward side of the mountains.

    deDie Gegenden mit dem geringsten Niederschlag befinden sich auf der Leeseite der Berge. — Yorwba

  2. Parts facing the oncoming flow are said to be windward, and parts facing away from the flow are said to be leeward.

Translations

5 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
away from the direction of the wind:
Русский
By meaning 1
away from the direction of the wind:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
away from the direction of the wind:

Forms

more leeward, most leeward
Comparativemore leeward Lesson
Superlativemost leeward

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

1 antonyms

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
leeward — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto