1. (

• chinook ,
• chinook_wind ,
• snow_eater

) a warm dry wind blowing down the eastern slopes of the Rockies ;

2. (

• Chinook

) 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. (

• chinook_salmon ,
• chinook ,
• king_salmon

) pink or white flesh of large Pacific salmon ;

4. (

• Chinookan ,
• Chinook

) a Penutian language spoken by the Chinook ;

5. (

• chinook ,
• chinook_salmon ,
• king_salmon ,
• quinnat_salmon ,
• Oncorhynchus_tshawytscha

) large Pacific salmon valued as food; adults die after spawning ;