1. (

• Western ,
• horse_opera

) a film about life in the western United States during the period of exploration and development ;

2. (

• western ,
• western_sandwich

) a sandwich made from a western omelet ;

1. (

• western ,

) relating to or characteristic of the western parts of the world or the West as opposed to the eastern or oriental parts; "the western world"; "western thought" ;

2. (

• western ,

) of or characteristic of regions of the United States west of the Mississippi River; "a Western ranch" ;

3. (

• western

) lying toward or situated in the west; "our company's western office" ;

4. (

• westerly ,
• western ,

) of wind; from the west ;