chili

[ chil-ee ]

/ ˈtʃɪl i /

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noun, plural chil·ies.

Sometimes chil·e . a hearty stew that is also used as a topping condiment on other dishes and has varied recipes and ingredients, with or without meat, ultimately derived from the Mexican-style chili con carne.

chili con carne.

chile (def. 1).

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Also especially British, chil·li .

Origin of chili

First recorded in 1655–65; from Mexican Spanish chile, from Nahuatl chīlli “chile pepper”

Words nearby chili

Chile pine, chile relleno, Chile saltpeter, Chile saltpetre, chile verde, chili, chiliad, chiliarch, chiliasm, chiliburger, chili cheese fries

How to use chili in a sentence

I always bring a thermos of good-quality chili, like Annie’s, and a bag of Fritos.
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Say you have a network of neurons, connected by synapses, that collectively store a chili recipe.
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On the day of the chili dinner, Cecil Bell visited a home improvement store.
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Think stirring a pot of chili so you can smell it better—that’s the general idea.
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The vacuum-insulated, double-wall design keeps chili or chowder hot for up to 13 hours, and an included stainless-steel spork, which has its own pocket on the grippy leather wrap, means you’ll never need to slurp—or heat anything up.
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Add olive oil to the pan and toss in the garlic and chili flake.
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Players stopped downing chili dogs or cheese fries before games.
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Chili peppers were everywhere, drying on mats, on roofs, and in fields.
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And now Chili's and other eateries are considering taking similar action.
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As far as celebrity doppelgangers go, no one can top comic actor Will Ferrell and Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith.
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It had started with the hypothesis that the man had been enticed by Zuela, and shipped aboard the Tamaulipas for Chili.
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Amopocan, a settlement of Indians of Cuyo, in Chili, situated along the shores of a river.
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The hero of this story accompanies Cochrane as midshipman, and serves in the war between Chili and Peru.
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One night, in a gambling-house in Chili, she quarrelled with, and stabbed a gentleman of great importance in the city.
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The natives were enslaved and the country divided into great estates, and Almagro and his discontented started for Chili.
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