Definition of chinook
English to English noun - a warm dry wind blowing down the eastern slopes of the Rockies
source: WordNet 3.0 - 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
source: WordNet 3.0 - pink or white flesh of large Pacific salmon
source: WordNet 3.0 - a Penutian language spoken by the Chinook
source: WordNet 3.0 - large Pacific salmon valued as food; adults die after spawning
source: WordNet 3.0 - 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.
source: Webster 1913
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chinook, chink, chinky, chewink, chank, chunk, cheewink, cainozoic, chinse, chains, ch'ing, chinch, chunky, chinese goose, canyon oak, chongki, cooking, chomsky, chinchy, chinche
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