north-eastern
/nɔːθˈiːst(ə)n
/adjective
1Situated in, directed towards, or facing the north-east: the rugged north-eastern coast of Sardinia...
- She heads for the northern-most part of mainland Britain, to Caithness, in north-eastern Scotland.
- A short tram ride away is a north-eastern colliery village.
- Gil was born near the city of Salvador, in north-eastern Bahia, in 1942.
1.1(Of a wind) blowing from the north-east: a vicious north-eastern wind blew in...
- Temperatures are expected to drop even lower this evening as a north-eastern wind blows over the UK.
- A north-eastern wind from Germany will send temperatures plummeting as low as -5C.
- It is probable that the wind which retarded the progress of Cook was a north-eastern wind of a changeable nature.
2Living in, originating from, or characteristic of the north-east: north-eastern residents his broad north-eastern accent...
- Robert was born when his father was still an obscure north-eastern colliery workman.
- Sir William Armstrong, the north-eastern armaments king, built himself an extraordinary country retreat at Cragside in the Northumbrian hills.
- The second man, speaking with a north-eastern accent, said: "The gendarmes did a fantastic job."
- (as) cold as ice (or stone or the grave etc.)
- as common as muck
- ascomycete
- ascon
- (as) cool as a cucumber
- ascorbate
- ascorbic acid
- ascot
- ascot tie
- ascribable
- ascribe
- ascription
- as cross as two sticks
- ascus
- ASD
- (as) daft as a brush
- (as) dead as a doornail
- (as) dead as a (or the) dodo
- (as) dead as mutton
- (as) deaf as a post
- ASDIC
- as different as (or like) chalk and cheese
- (as) drunk as a lord (or skunk)
- (as) dry as a bone
- (as) dry as a Pommy's towel