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1 N‑VAR Sourdough or sourdough bread is bread made using fermenting dough, that has a slightly sour taste. □  Mashed avocado is delicious on toasted sourdough. □  …an artisan bakery selling ryes and sourdoughs, fruit and olive breads.

2 N‑UNCOUNT Sourdough is fermenting dough used as an ingredient to make bread rise. □  The bread was made with coarser flour and raised with sourdough.

south ◆◆◆ /saʊ θ/ also South

1 N‑UNCOUNT [oft the N ] The south is the direction which is on your right when you are looking towards the direction where the sun rises. □ [+ of ] The town lies ten miles to the south of here. □  All around him, from east to west, north to south, the stars glittered in the heavens.

2 N‑SING The south of a place, country, or region is the part which is in the south. □ [+ of ] …holidays in the south of France.

3 ADV [ADV after v] If you go south , you travel towards the south. □  We did an extremely fast U-turn and shot south up the Boulevard St. Michel. □  He went south to climb Taishan, a mountain sacred to the Chinese.

4 ADV Something that is south of a place is positioned to the south of it. □ [+ of ] They now own and operate a farm 50 miles south of Rochester. □ [+ of ] I was living in a house just south of Market Street.

5 ADJ [ADJ n] The south edge, corner, or part of a place or country is the part which is towards the south. □  …the south coast of Alderney.

6 ADJ ' South ' is used in the names of some countries, states, and regions in the south of a larger area. □  Next week the President will visit five South American countries in six days. □  …the states of Mississippi and South Carolina.

7 ADJ A south wind is a wind that blows from the south.

8 N‑SING The South is used to refer to the poorer, less developed countries of the world. □  The South is poorer than the North, and the divide is growing.

south|bound /saʊ θbaʊnd/ ADJ [usu ADJ n] Southbound roads or vehicles lead or are travelling towards the south. □  …the southbound train from the Scottish Highlands. □  …the southbound carriageway of the M61.

sou th-ea st ◆◆◇ also southeast

1 N‑UNCOUNT [oft the N ] The south-east is the direction which is halfway between south and east. □  The city of Ch'eng Tu lies some seven hundred miles to the South-East.

2 N‑SING The south-east of a place, country, or region is the part which is in the south-east. □ [+ of ] …the South-east of England. □  The heaviest snowfalls today are expected in the south east.

3 ADV [ADV after v] If you go south-east , you travel towards the south-east. □  We turned south-east, making for Portoferraio.

4 ADV Something that is south-east of a place is positioned to the south-east of it. □ [+ of ] …the potteries of Iznik, some 120km south-east of Istanbul.

5 ADJ [ADJ n] The south-east part of a place, country, or region is the part which is towards the south-east. □  …South-East Asia. □  …an island just off Shetland's south-east coast.

6 ADJ [ADJ n] A south-east wind is a wind that blows from the south-east.

sou th-ea sterly also southeasterly ADJ [usu ADJ n] A south-easterly point, area, or direction is to the south-east or towards the south-east.

sou th-ea stern also south eastern ADJ [usu ADJ n] South-eastern means in or from the south-east of a region or country. □  …this city on the south-eastern edge of the United States.

south|er|ly /sʌ ðə ^r li/