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Compass Point

Definition: Compass Point

Compass Point

Noun

1. Any of 32 horizontal directions indicated on the card of a compass; "he checked the point on his compass".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Synonym: Compass Point

Synonym: point (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Compass Point

English words defined with "compass point": due east, due north, due south, due westE, east, east by north, east by south, east northeast, east southeast, EbN, EbS, ENE, ESEN, Nb, NbE, NbW, Ne, NEbE, NEbN, NNE, NNW, nor'-east, nor'-nor'-east, nor'-nor'-west, north, north by east, north by west, north northeast, north northwest, northeast, northeast by east, northeast by north, northwest, northwest by north, northwest by west, nor'-west, NW, NWbN, NWbWs, SbE, SbW, Se, SEbE, SEbS, sou'-east, sou'-sou'-east, sou'-sou'-west, south, south by east, south by west, south southeast, south southwest, southeast, southeast by east, southeast by south, southwest, southwest by south, southwest by west, sou'-west, SSE, SSW, SW, SWbS, SWbWW, WbN, WbS, west, west by north, west by south, west northwest, west southwest, WNW, WSW. (references)

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Image Slideshow: Compass Point

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Expression: Compass Point

Expression using "compass point": cardinal compass point. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Compass Point

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

compass point

83

compass point bahamas

9

compass point hotel

9

compass point beach club

6

compass point resort

5

compass point gulf shore

5

book compass point

4

compass point nassau

3

compass point yacht

3

compass point realty

3

antler compass point

2

compass point studio

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Compass Point

Language Translations for "compass point"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Japanese Kanji 

  

ζ–Ήθ§' (direction, way). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

γ»γ†γŒγ (direction, Japanese music, jurisprudence, law, way). (various references)

   

Manx

  

poynt airdeylagh, ard (big, direction, district, fell, height, high, high place, incline, loud, pole, region, tall, towering), aird (quarter). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ompasscay ointpay

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Compass Point

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-c-i-m-n-o-o-p-p-s-s-t"

-2 letters: compassion, onomastics.

-3 letters: apoptosis, monastics, onomastic, scotopias.

-4 letters: amotions, apomicts, appoints, campions, captions, composts, impastos, maintops, massicot, monastic, pactions, panoptic, pocosins, pompanos, potassic, ptomains, scotomas, scotopia, stasimon, tampions, tompions, topspins.

-5 letters: actions, amotion, anosmic, apomict, appoint, atomics, atonics, caisson, camions, campion, caption, casinos, cassino, cations, catnips, compass, compost, consist, cosmist, impacts, impasto, imposts, maintop.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Images: Slideshow
5. Expressions
6. Expressions: Internet
7. Translations: Modern
8. Anagrams
9. Bibliography


  

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