compass noun
ADJ. magnetic
VERB + COMPASS use | check
COMPASS + VERB show sth A compass shows you which direction is north.
COMPASS + NOUN needle | bearing, reading | direction, point | error
PHRASES a map and compass, the points of the compass The railway fanned out from Moscow to all points of the compass.
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