WEST is a 4 letter word which starts with the letter W and ends with the letter T for which we found 5 definitions.
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(n.) The point in the heavens where the sun is seen to set at the equinox; or the corresponding point on the earth; that one of the four cardinal points of the compass which is in a direction at right angles to that of north and south and on the left hand of a person facing north; the point directly opposite to east. |
(n.) A country or region of country which with regard to some other country or region is situated in the direction toward the west. |
(n.) The Westen hemisphere or the New World so called it having been discovered by sailing westward from Europe; the Occident. |
(n.) Formerly that part of the United States west of the Alleghany mountains; now commonly the whole region west of the Mississippi river; esp. that part which is north of the Indian Territory New Mexico etc. Usually with the definite article. |
(a.) Lying toward the west; situated at the west or in a western direction from the point of observation or reckoning; proceeding toward the west or coming from the west; as a west course is one toward the west; an east and west line; a west wind blows from the west. |
The word WEST is a 4 letter word that has 1 syllable . The syllable division for WEST is: west