Usually means: Toward the back of ship.
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  1. sternward: Merriam-Webster
  2. sternward: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. sternward: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. sternward: Collins English Dictionary
  5. sternward: Wordnik
  6. sternward: Wiktionary
  7. sternward: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. sternward: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. sternward: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. sternward: Dictionary.com
  11. sternward: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (sternward)

▸ adjective:  Towards the stern, aft.
▸ adverb:  sternwards

Similar:
aftward, after, sternmost, aftermost, aftmost, rearward, starboardside, hindward, athwartship, sideward, more...

Opposite:
forward, bowward, foreward

Types:
stern, backward, behind, more...

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Similar:
aftward, after, sternmost, aftermost, aftmost, rearward, starboardside, hindward, athwartship, sideward, more...

Opposite:
forward, bowward, foreward

Types:
stern, backward, behind, more...



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