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Chili — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • chili noun A hot-tasting pepper (fresh or dried) used to add spice to food.

Senses

Chili is used for these senses in English:

  • chili (countable) The pungent, spicy fresh or dried fruit of any of several cultivated varieties of capsicum peppers, used in cooking.
  • chili con carne A dish of meat and beans in a tomato sauce flavoured with chili peppers.
  • chili pepper Any fruit of a plant of the botanical genus Capsicum, which contains capsaicin and typically has a spicy or burning flavor.

chili — full definition

  1. noun A hot-tasting pepper (fresh or dried) used to add spice to food.
  2. noun A thick, spicy stew usually made with meat or beans and chili peppers.

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