chinook

/ʃɪnˈʊk/ · 2 syllables

Meaning

noun

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

Synonyms for chinook

• chinook wind
• snow eater
• chinook salmon
• king salmon
• Chinookan
• quinnat salmon
• Oncorhynchus tshawytscha

Words that rhyme with chinook

• hook
• book
• look
• cook
• overlook
• crook
• pocketbook
• outlook
• rook
• brook
• nook
• notebook
• textbook
• yearbook
• bankbook
• checkbook
• cookbook
• gobbledygook
• gook
• guidebook
• handbook
• hornbook
• inglenook
• logbook
• matchbook
• overcook
• passbook
• precook
• schnook
• schoolbook