Definition of midwest in English English dictionary
The area of the continental United States contained in the central third of the of the country, especially the states of Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin
{i} large agricultural area in northern central USA from Ohio to the Rocky Mountains, Great Plains, Middle West
The Midwest is the region in the north of the central part of the United States. farmers in the Midwest. the Midwest states. the central area of the United States. or Middle West Region, northern and central U.S., lying midway between the Appalachian and Rocky mountains, and north of the Ohio River. As defined by the federal government, it comprises the states of Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin. It includes much of the Great Plains, the region of the Great Lakes, and the upper Mississippi River valley
the north central region of the United States (sometimes called the heartland or the breadbasket of America)
of a region of the United States generally including Ohio; Indiana; Illinois; Iowa; Missouri; Kansas; Nebraska; and sometimes Michigan; Wisconsin; Minnesota; "a midwestern city"; "midwestern accent