noun
chinook
shih-NUUK
noun
1
A warm, dry wind that blows down the eastern side of the Rocky Mountains, quickly raising the temperature.
"A chinook melted the snow in just two days."
2
A large species of Pacific salmon.
"The chinook is the largest species of Pacific salmon."
How to Use Chinook
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishEither the warm mountain wind, or the large Pacific salmon species.
Common pairings
chinook wind
chinook salmon
Word Forms
chinooks plural
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Etymology
Borrowed from a Chehalis word naming a Chinook village on the Columbia River.