: being in or facing the direction from which the wind is blowing compare leeward
Examples of windward in a Sentence
Adjective
The windward side of the mountain was rocky and treeless.
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The Sunset Ai Lab, Sunset Magazine, 10 May 2024
For plants, such walls are edges that separate patches of ground into zones that are sunny or shady, windward or leeward, uphill or downhill, wetter or drier.
—Robert M. Thorson, Discover Magazine, 9 Dec. 2023
Aksha Mittapalli, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 May 2025
This colorful honeycreeper now clings to survival in a sliver of rainforest on the windward slopes of Haleakalā.
—Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 17 Apr. 2025
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Noun
The heaviest rain is forecast for windward and mauka locations.
—The Sunset Ai Lab, Sunset Magazine, 10 May 2024
For plants, such walls are edges that separate patches of ground into zones that are sunny or shady, windward or leeward, uphill or downhill, wetter or drier.
—Robert M. Thorson, Discover Magazine, 9 Dec. 2023
Adjective
If the airflow is constant through the windward side of the house, then the cycle repeats itself, providing your home with a self-replenishing supply of new, clean air.
—Aksha Mittapalli, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 May 2025
This colorful honeycreeper now clings to survival in a sliver of rainforest on the windward slopes of Haleakalā.
—Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 17 Apr. 2025
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“Windward.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/windward. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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windward
1 of 2 adjective
wind·ward
ˈwin-(d)wərd 
: moving or placed toward the direction from which the wind is blowing
windward
2 of 2 noun
: the side or direction from which the wind is blowing
sail to windward
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