Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A member of a Native American people formerly inhabiting the lower Columbia River valley and adjoining coastal regions of Washington and Oregon, now located in western Washington. The Chinook traded widely throughout the Pacific Northwest.
- noun The Chinookan language of the Chinook.
- noun A member of any of several Chinookan-speaking peoples formerly inhabiting the Columbia River valley eastward to The Dalles and now located in southern Washington and northern Oregon.
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- proper noun uncountable A
Native American language of thePenutian family of Oregon and Washington.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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CHINOOK - State wildlife investigators are seeking help in finding out who is responsible for poaching at least six deer in the Chinook area.
billingsgazette.com 2010
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The term Chinook comes from a Native American word meaning "Snoweater".
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Whilst I totally accept the logistics of this are immensely difficult I do know that a Chinook is a mightily capable heavy lift helicopter.
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Our first engine, the "Chinook" is a development engine and is now being used to supply us with the answers for designing and building more powerful engines.
The Aircraft Industry in Canada and the Future Development of Jet Engines 1948
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The Chinook is a cool idea if you have the skill set to keep it up running and fueled.
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Near midnight, the Chinook is lifted out like a bundle in a stork's beak.
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The Chinook is so rare that there are only about 800 of them in the whole world!
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The Chinook is so rare that there are only about 800 of them in the whole world!
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U.S. military officials have tried to counter those fears, saying that while the downing of the Chinook was a tragic setback, one crash will not determine the course of the war.
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The deep-water field in which this incident took place, called Chinook, is in final commissioning before going into production, and therefore, there was no oil in the riser, Petrobras America spokeswoman Sophie Gates said in an email.
Petrobras to Investigate Problem in Gulf Field Angel Gonzalez 2011
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