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/nˈɔrθbaʊnd/ Listen

adjective

northbound adj.

Moving toward the north; as, northbound traffic.

Synonyms: northward.

Intended to be used by vehicles moving toward the north; of roads and parts of roads; as, The northbound lane was blocked by an overturned tractor-trailer.

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Etymology of 'Northbound'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Northbound" Quotes from Famous Books

... sorry to have you go, but I reckon you're justified. There is a way to board the northbound train without going to town, and if nothing else happens we'll make the eastbound express. That will take you out of the state ...

— They of the High Trails • Hamlin Garland

... value in the suit-case, as Whittlesey had said, the law might have it and welcome; and she was already wondering just how to dispose of it. If Charles followed her instructions, he would strike across country and catch the northbound evening train. His fate was out of her hands, and it was wholly unlikely that he would make any further effort to regain his property now that Phil had seen it. She doubted whether he had had any real errand with Fred. It was much more probable that chance alone had directed his steps to this ...

— Otherwise Phyllis • Meredith Nicholson

... strange-looking stations. The bare box cars were corded deep with sitting and curled up soldiers fitfully sleeping and starting to consciousness at the jerking and swaying of the train. Once at a weird log station by the flaring torchlights they had stood for a few minutes beside a northbound train loaded with Bolshevik prisoners and deserters gathered in that day after the successful Allied engagement. Morning found them at a big bridge that had been destroyed by artillery fire of the ...

— The History of the American Expedition Fighting the Bolsheviki - Campaigning in North Russia 1918-1919 • Joel R. Moore

... before. Then we boarded the afternoon boat up the bay, expecting to spend the evening and following morning in Sonoma with Grandpa and Grandma Brunner, but the vessel failed to reach Lakeside Landing in time to connect with the northbound coach. This mischance necessitated our staying overnight at the only hostelry in ...

— The Expedition of the Donner Party and its Tragic Fate • Eliza Poor Donner Houghton

... There was northbound travel at thirty-five, and northward Harkness would go, but he shot straight up. At forty thousand he motioned the master-pilot to ...

— Astounding Stories, May, 1931 • Various