nor'-east
/ˌnɔːrˈiːst/(also nor-east)
noun
= north-east.
adjective
Situated in the north-east or designating the north-eastern part of an area. Also (of a wind): blowing from the north-east. Compare north-east rare before 19th cent.
adverb
From a north-easterly direction. rare.
Origin
Late 16th century; earliest use found in John Lyly (1554–1606), writer and playwright. Shortened from north-east.
- the big boys
- the Big C
- the Big Dipper
- the big enchilada
- the big five
- the big idea
- the big lie
- the big (or bigger or larger) picture
- the big screen
- the Big Smoke
- the big stick
- the Big Three (or Four etc.)
- the bird has flown
- the birds and the bees
- the biter bitten (or bit)
- the Blessed Sacrament
- the Blitz
- the bloom is off the rose
- the Boat Race
- the body beautiful
- the Book of Psalms
- the Books of the Maccabees
- the boot (or shoe) is on the other foot
- the Border
- the Borders