Definition of chinook

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  • chinook is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 16
  • chinook is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 16
  • chinook is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 17

Definition of chinook

  • a Penutian language spoken by the Chinook (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. chinookan
  • pink or white flesh of large Pacific salmon (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. chinook salmon
    2. king salmon
  • a warm dry wind blowing down the eastern slopes of the Rockies (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. chinook wind
    2. snow eater
  • large Pacific salmon valued as food; adults die after spawning (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. chinook salmon
    2. king salmon
    3. oncorhynchus tshawytscha
    4. quinnat salmon
  • 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)

See definition of chinook in Merriam Webster