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CHINOOK WIND
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Dictionary entry overview: What does chinook wind mean?
• CHINOOK WIND (noun)
The noun CHINOOK WIND has 1 sense:
1. a warm dry wind blowing down the eastern slopes of the Rockies
Familiarity information: CHINOOK WIND used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A warm dry wind blowing down the eastern slopes of the Rockies
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural phenomena
Synonyms:
chinook; chinook wind; snow eater
Hypernyms ("chinook wind" is a kind of...):
air current; current of air; wind (air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure)
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