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chili

/ˈt͡ʃɪli/

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What does chili mean?

noun

  1. The pungent, spicy fresh or dried fruit of any of several cultivated varieties of capsicum peppers, used in cooking.
  2. Powdered chili pepper, used as a spice or flavouring in cooking.
  3. A spicy stew of chicken or paneer, capsicum and onion, eaten as an appetizer.
More meanings (4)

noun

  1. A dish made with chili peppers and other ingredients, such as beans and beef.
  2. Cincinnati chili.

proper noun

  1. A town in New York, United States.
  2. (historical, obsolete) Alternative form of Chile.

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IPA pronunciation

/ˈt͡ʃɪli/

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Our General seeing this, stayed there no longer, but weighed anchor, and set sail towards the coast of Chili.
Francis PrettySir Francis Drake's Famous Voyage Round the WorldProject Gutenberg ebook #2991
“I have been in Chili, sir,” said he in the same tongue, “and in California, and in those places I learned Spanish.”
George BorrowWild Wales: Its People, Language and SceneryProject Gutenberg ebook #648
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This twentieth part seems to be the whole rent which is paid by the greater part of the gold mines of Chili and Peru.
Adam SmithAn Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of NationsProject Gutenberg ebook #3300
Foreign gardeners eventually learned, however, that seeds of the Chili and Virginia strawberry produced new varieties which were often much better than their parents.
Edward Payson RoeThe Home AcreProject Gutenberg ebook #5418
He had sold the Ayacucho in Chili for a vessel of war, and had given up the sea, and had been for years a ranchero.
Richard Henry DanaTwo Years Before the MastProject Gutenberg ebook #2055