English Dictionary

Definition of “chinook”

chinook (tʃɪˈnuːk ; -ˈnʊk)

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

C19: from Salish c`inuk

(plural) -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

A four-ounce piece of fish provides only one to two grams of EPA; even the very fatty chinook salmon supplies not that much more.

Kowalski, Robert E The 8-Week Cholesterol Cure

It drags its gentle heat over the land like a dragon breathing fire The chinook never came.

Globe and Mail (2003)

So far, some chinook and sockeye have shown signs of sea lice.

Globe and Mail (2003)

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