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Definitions for chinook
ʃɪˈnʊk, -ˈnuk, tʃɪ-chi·nook

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. chinook, chinook wind, snow eaternoun

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

  2. Chinooknoun

    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 salmon, chinook, king salmonnoun

    pink or white flesh of large Pacific salmon

  4. Chinookan, Chinooknoun

    a Penutian language spoken by the Chinook

  5. chinook, chinook salmon, king salmon, quinnat salmon, Oncorhynchus tshawytschanoun

    large Pacific salmon valued as food; adults die after spawning

Wiktionary

  1. Chinooknoun

    A Native American language of the Penutian family of Oregon and Washington.

  2. chinooknoun

    The descending, warm, dry wind on the eastern side of the Rocky Mountains. The chinook generally blows from the southwest, but its direction may be modified by topography. When it sets in after a spell of intense cold, the temperature may rise by 20°F to 40°F in 15 minutes due to replacement of a cold air mass with a much warmer air mass in minutes.

  3. chinooknoun

    The Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tschawytscha), also called the king salmon, Quinnat salmon, spring salmon and Tyee salmon: the largest species in the Pacific salmon family.

ChatGPT

  1. chinook

    A chinook is a type of warm, dry wind that descends on the leeward side of mountains, particularly in the North American Rocky Mountain region. This wind is known for significantly increasing temperatures and decreasing humidity in a short amount of time. The term is also used to refer to a native American tribe in the Pacific Northwest and a species of salmon.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Chinooknoun

    one of a tribe of North American Indians now living in the state of Washington, noted for the custom of flattening their skulls. Chinooks also called Flathead Indians

  2. Chinooknoun

    a warm westerly wind from the country of the Chinooks, sometimes experienced on the slope of the Rocky Mountains, in Montana and the adjacent territory

  3. Chinooknoun

    a jargon of words from various languages (the largest proportion of which is from that of the Chinooks) generally understood by all the Indian tribes of the northwestern territories of the United States

Wikidata

  1. Chinook

    Chinook refers to several groups of Native Americans in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States, speaking the Chinookan languages. In the early 19th century, the Chinookan-speaking peoples lived along the lower and middle Columbia River in present-day Oregon and Washington. The Chinook tribes were those encountered by the Lewis and Clark Expedition in 1805 on the lower Columbia.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Chinook

    chin-ōōk′, n. a trader's jargon, consisting of words from French and English, as well as Chinook and other Indian tongues.

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

  1. Chinook

    a tribe of Indians in Washington Territory, noted for flattening their skulls.

Military Dictionary and Gazetteer

  1. chinook

    An artificial language or jargon originated by the Hudson Bay Company for communicating with different tribes of Indians. It consists of about a hundred words, some coined, some French, and some of Indian origin. It is still extensively used as a sort of court language by the different tribes along the Pacific coast, from California to Behrings Strait.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of chinook in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of chinook in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of chinook in a Sentence

  1. The CDR:

    The CDR will now take the necessary administrative steps, including informing (Chinook) to consider the preliminary approval canceled, and that the financial guarantee, which the company offered as a guarantee they would secure the required documents, will be claimed.

  2. British Prime Minister David Cameron:

    The Chinook support contract represents significant value for money for what is a very capable and versatile support helicopter, protecting UK interests at home and abroad, this will sustain 450 jobs and save the taxpayer over 150 million pounds.

  3. Joseph Bogaard:

    Fall Chinook returns are probably the brightest spot in the salmon story in the Columbia basin today, but we can't lose track of the fact that we have 13 stocks of fish in the basin listed as threatened or endangered under the Endangered Species Act.

  4. Academy School District 20:

    It’s sad that our world is coming to this and teachers would think it is OK. late Friday, Oct. 15, 2021, a student from Chinook Trail Middle School alleged teachers were taping face masks to students faces.

  5. Academy School District 20:

    Late Friday, Oct. 15, 2021, a student from Chinook Trail Middle School alleged teachers were taping face masks to students faces.

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