HyperDic: chinook_wind

English > 1 sense of the expression chinook wind:
NOUNphenomenonchinook wind, chinook, snow eatera warm dry wind blowing down the eastern slopes of the Rockies
English > chinook wind: 1 sense > noun 1, phenomenon
MeaningA warm dry wind blowing down the eastern slopes of the Rockies.
Synonymschinook, snow eater
Broaderwind, air current, current of airAir moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure

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