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Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: chinook /tʃɪˈnuːk -ˈnʊk/ n - Also called: snow eater a warm dry southwesterly wind blowing down the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains
- Also called: wet chinook a warm moist wind blowing onto the Washington and Oregon coasts from the sea
Etymology: 19th Century: from Salish c`inuk Chi•nook (shi nŏŏk′, -no̅o̅k′, chi-),USA pronunciation n., pl. -nooks, (esp. collectively) -nook. - Language Varietiesa member of a formerly numerous North American Indian people originally inhabiting the northern shore of the mouth of the Columbia River and the adjacent territory.
- Language Varietieseither of the two languages of the Chinook Indians. Cf. Lower Chinook, Upper Chinook.
- Meteorology(l.c.) a warm, dry wind that blows at intervals down the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains.
- Fish(l.c.) See chinook salmon.
- Militarya U.S. Army cargo helicopter in service since 1962 and capable of ferrying 12 tons of supplies and troops.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: Chinook /tʃɪˈnuːk -ˈnʊk/ n - ( pl -nook, -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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