Meaning & use
chinook
A warm, dry wind that blows down the eastern side of mountain ranges, especially in the Rockies.
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A sudden chinook melted most of the snow in Calgary within a single afternoon.
Ranchers welcomed the chinook each winter because it made grazing possible again.
A note on using this word
Chinook also names a large Pacific salmon species and, capitalized, a Native American people of the Pacific Northwest.
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Another way to use it
2. noun
A large species of Pacific salmon, also called king salmon, prized for food.
The fishing boats returned with a full catch of chinook after a week at sea.
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