chinook

Definition of Chinook in English :

Noun

1. chinook, chinook wind, snow eater

a warm dry wind blowing down the eastern slopes of the Rockies

2. chinook

a member of an important North American Indian people who controlled the mouth of the Columbia river; they were organized into settlements rather than tribes

3. chinook, chinook salmon, king salmon

pink or white flesh of large Pacific salmon

4. chinook, chinookan

a Penutian language spoken by the Chinook

chinookan

5. chinook, chinook salmon, king salmon, oncorhynchus tshawytscha, quinnat salmon

large Pacific salmon valued as food; adults die after spawning

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

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noun

1. Also called: snow eater

a warm dry southwesterly wind blowing down the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains

2. Also called: wet chinook

a warm moist wind blowing onto the Washington and Oregon coasts from the sea

noun

1. plural -nook or -nooks

a Native American people of the Pacific coast near the Columbia River

the language of this people, probably forming a separate branch of the Penutian phylum

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nounWord forms: plural Chiˈnooks or Chiˈnook

a member of a North American Indian people of the Columbia River valley and adjacent regions

either of two languages spoken by this people, Lower Chinook, now extinct, and Upper Chinook, still spoken in Oregon and Washington

Chinook jargon

4. [usually c-]

the warm, dry wind blowing intermittently down the east side of the Rockies during the winter and early spring, which causes the rapid thawing of snow

: in full chinook wind

Chinook

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n. pl. Chinook or Chi·nooks

a. A member of a Native American people formerly inhabiting the lower Columbia River valley and adjoining coastal regions of Washington and Oregon, now located in western Washington. The Chinook traded widely throughout the Pacific Northwest.

b. The Chinookan language of the Chinook.

2. A member of any of several Chinookan-speaking peoples formerly inhabiting the Columbia River valley eastward to The Dalles and now located in southern Washington and northern Oregon.

1. A moist warm wind blowing from the sea in coastal regions of the Pacific Northwest.

2. A warm dry wind that descends from the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains, causing a rapid rise in temperature.

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