westbound

English

Etymology

From west +‎ -bound.

Pronunciation

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Adverb

westbound (not comparable)

1. Towards the west; in a westerly direction.

   He was driving westbound on the George Washington Bridge.

Translations

towards the west

German: nach Westen, Richtung Westen Russian: на за́пад (na západ)

Adjective

westbound (not comparable)

1. Which is, or will be, moving towards the west.

   Westbound traffic was blocked for miles.

   • 1960 December, “The Glasgow Suburban Electrification is opened”, in Trains Illustrated, page 714:

     [...] at each station the train times are not shown in one all-embracing chronological list, but in two separate sheets, one with a conspicuous band of yellow detailing westbound departures and the other with a similar band of blue the eastbound trains.

Translations

which is, or will be, moving towards the west

German: nach Westen, Richtung Westen

Anagrams

• down tubes, downtubes