Chinook Synonyms

shĭ-no͝ok, chĭ-
A warm dry wind blowing down the eastern slopes of the Rockies
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. chinook-wind
  2. snow-eater
Pink or white flesh of large Pacific salmon
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. chinook-salmon
  2. king salmon
A Penutian language spoken by the Chinook
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. chinookan
Large Pacific salmon valued as food; adults die after spawning
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. chinook-salmon
  2. king salmon
  3. quinnat salmon
  4. Oncorhynchus tshawytscha

Words Related to Chinook

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. foehn
  2. ch-47
  3. chinooks
  4. turbine-engined
  5. c-130
  6. AC-130
  7. typhoons

Chinook Sentence Examples

  • These winds are known as Chinook winds.

  • In the west the climate is generally delightful, it being there greatly affected by the warm, dry " Chinook " wind which blows from the Pacific Ocean; to some extent the wind modifies the temperature nearly to the eastern border.

  • Chinook helicopters from 18 Squadron were deployed to assist with troop and load carrying, particularly for the building of radar stations.

  • These components were airlifted to Weston-super-Mare by an RAF Chinook helicopter.

  • In 1906 sugar refineries were projected at Hamilton, Kalispell, Chinook, Laurel, Missoula, Dillon and Great Falls; and in 1907 the crop was so large that 12,000 freight cars were needed to carry it and the railways had a car and coal " famine."

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