What is a Chinook?
Are you wondering what a chinook actually is??
Chi‧nook [shi-nook, -nook, chi-] noun, plural -nooks, (especially collectively) -nook.
3. (lowercase) a warm, dry wind that blows at intervals down the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains.
From: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/chinook
Chi‧nook [shi-nook, -nook, chi-] noun, plural -nooks, (especially collectively) -nook.
3. (lowercase) a warm, dry wind that blows at intervals down the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains.
From: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/chinook
posted by Lara @ 9/22/2006 11:59:00 PM
1 Comments:
At Saturday, September 23, 2006 11:58:00 PM,
Meandering Michael said…
You mean a chinook is not a place where you can put your chi?
chi
Variant(s): or ch'i also qi /'chE/
Function: noun
Usage: often capitalized
Etymology: Chinese (Beijing) qì, literally, air, breath
: vital energy that is held to animate the body internally and is of central importance in some Eastern systems of medical treatment (as acupuncture) and of exercise or self-defense (as tai chi)
nook
Pronunciation: 'nuk
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English noke, nok
1 chiefly Scottish : a right-angled corner
2 a : an interior angle formed by two meeting walls b : a secluded or sheltered place or part (searched every nook and cranny) c : a small often recessed section of a larger room (a breakfast nook)
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