Word family noun west western westerner westerly westernization adjective west westerly western westbound westernized westward verb westernize adverb west westward(s)
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishwestboundwest‧bound /ˈwestbaʊnd/ adjective DNtravelling or leading towards the west Westbound traffic is moving very slowly. an accident on the westbound carriageway of the motorwayExamples from the Corpus
westbound• The car was driving westbound on Route 66.• westbound traffic• Hicks looked up and down for police cars and rammed the Land-Rover out into the westbound traffic.• Some bandits have been known to send scouts to climb aboard westbound trains. 