Definition of Chinook

  • 1. A warm dry wind blowing down the eastern slopes of the Rockies Noun
  • 2. 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 Noun
  • 3. Pink or white flesh of large Pacific salmon Noun
  • 4. A Penutian language spoken by the Chinook Noun
  • 5. Large Pacific salmon valued as food; adults die after spawning Noun

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