chinook

chinook is a 7-letter English word with 8 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: One of a tribe of North American Indians now living in the state of Washington, noted for the custom of flattening their skulls. Chinooks also called Flathead Indians. Face value is 16 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 16 · Words With Friends 17 · 8 senses

Definitions

1. noun. One of a tribe of North American Indians now living in the state of Washington, noted for the custom of flattening their skulls. Chinooks also called Flathead Indians.
2. noun. A warm westerly wind from the country of the Chinooks, sometimes experienced on the slope of the Rocky Mountains, in Montana and the adjacent territory.
3. noun. A jargon of words from various languages (the largest proportion of which is from that of the Chinooks) generally understood by all the Indian tribes of the northwestern territories of the United States.
4. noun. large Pacific salmon valued as food; adults die after spawning
5. noun. a Penutian language spoken by the Chinook

   Synonyms: chinookan

6. noun. pink or white flesh of large Pacific salmon
7. noun. 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
8. noun. a warm dry wind blowing down the eastern slopes of the Rockies

Synonyms

chinookan

Common word forms

chinooks

Words from these letters

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