Definitions for landward

landward land·ward

Spelling: [land-werd]
IPA: /ˈlænd wərd/

Landward is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 115 anagrams from letters in landward (aaddlnrw).

Definitions for landward

adverb

  1. Also, landwards. toward the land or interior.

adjective

  1. lying, facing, or tending toward the land or away from the coast.
  2. being in the direction of the land:

Origin of landward

late Middle English word dating back to 1375-1425; See origin at land, -ward

Examples for landward

However, Captain Mayo kept his own gaze most steadfastly on the landward horizon.

A frigate could have defied the landward guns of the Castle, and laid the town in ashes.

Each feature of it, town and landward, was a crony of old years.

It was about half-past one when we walked out at the landward end of the village.

They were coming, coming from the landward, these rescuers of her beloved.

Each end curved into a scroll like a landward wave of the sea.

The curtains were drawn on the landward side, and those toward the sea open.

Once the dunes were gained, their landward side was sheltered.

To obviate this a screen has been placed on the landward side of the lantern.

landward the town is guarded by forts erected by the Italians since 1885.

Word Value for landward
Scrable

13

Words with friends

15

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