chilli

[ chil-ee ]

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noun,plural chil·lies.

Chiefly British. variant of chili.

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How to use chilli in a sentence

I like Yellow chilli in Victoria Island for good Nigerian food and Spice Bowl in Lekki for the spring rolls.
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Literary Lagos | Henry Krempels | March 16, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
First, T-Boz and chilli look exactly the same as they did 20 years ago.
TLC Reunites for a New York City Concert. Dreams Do Come True | Kevin Fallon | January 31, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
chilli is 42, which, when you see her abs, is enough to make you cry.
TLC Reunites for a New York City Concert. Dreams Do Come True | Kevin Fallon | January 31, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
After Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes's death in 2002, TLC is now the duo of Rozonda "chilli" Thomas and Tionne "T-Boz" Watkins.
TLC Reunites for a New York City Concert. Dreams Do Come True | Kevin Fallon | January 31, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
Duh--she was dancing for T-Boz and chilli during a live performance of "Waterfalls!"
TLC Reunites for a New York City Concert. Dreams Do Come True | Kevin Fallon | January 31, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST

This is the chilli; the pepper-pods of that name, a species of capsicum; the guinea-pepper.
Mexico | Charles Reginald Enock
Here tomatoes are also used, and to give the stew flavor chilli sauce is added.
Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 3 | Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
I'd fight a wild bull this minute for a single red-chilli pepper.
The Pride of Palomar | Peter B. Kyne
Here in his garden he provided us with a meal of excellent macaroni and a very hot chilli salad.
Mount Everest the Reconnaissance, 1921 | Charles Kenneth Howard-Bury
Polpi alla Luciana are small octopi stewed in an earthern pot with oil, tomatoes, chilli, and red wine.
The Gourmet's Guide to Europe | Algernon Bastard

British Dictionary definitions for chilli

chilli

chili

/ (ˈtʃɪlɪ) /

nounplural chillies or chilies

the small red hot-tasting pod of a type of capsicum used for flavouring sauces, pickles, etc

Origin of chilli

C17: from Spanish chile, from Nahuatl chilli

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