Definition of Chinook wind

1. Noun. A warm dry wind blowing down the eastern slopes of the Rockies.

Exact synonyms: Chinook, Snow Eater
Generic synonyms: Air Current, Current Of Air, Wind

Lexicographical Neighbors of Chinook Wind

chinning bar
chinny
chino
chino cloth
chinoidine
chinois
chinoiserie
chinoiseries
chinoleine
chinoline
chinolines
chinone
chinones
chinook
chinook salmon
chinook wind (current term)
chinooks
chinos
chinquapin
chinquapin oak
chinquapins
chinrest
chinrests
chins
chinse
chinsed
chinses
chinsing
chinstrap
chinstrap penguin

Literary usage of Chinook wind

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. History of the Northern Pacific Railroad by Eugene Virgil Smalley (1883)
"... Towns—Montana's Climate—Influence of the "chinook wind"—Some Peculiarities of Climate—Beautiful and Varied Scenery —A Land of Wonders and Surprises. ..."

2. Quarterly of the Oregon Historical Society: June 1925, Volume Xxvi, Number 2 by Oregon Historical Society (1901)
"By request, I herewith give my version of the origin of the name " chinook wind," as applied to the warm wind East of the Cascade Mountains. ..."

3. Handbook of Climatology by Julius von Hann (1903)
"With a change of wind tit temperature falls rapidly, and winter weather once more sets in. "The chinook wind possesses to a remarkable degree ..."

4. Bulletin by United States Weather Bureau (1899)
"It announces the advent of the chinook wind. ... Three things are essential to the formation of a chinook wind, viz, a mountain range, an area of high ..."

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