chilli
noun
variant of chili.
chillies
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pluralof chilli.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Born and raised in Hunan, he believed, "You can't be a revolutionary if you don't eat chillies".
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2025
Huy Fong has since been receiving its chillies from other growers in California, New Mexico and Mexico.
From Salon ● May 10, 2024
The peppers were then tested in a laboratory and Scoville scale, which measures the heat levels of chillies.
From Salon ● Jan. 27, 2024
Last year, Gregory Foster ate 10 Carolina Reaper chillies, which Guinness World Records has named the hottest in the world, at a record time of 33.15 seconds in San Diego, California.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 11, 2023
After that, ten times more zealous, I planted beans and sweet potatoes, brinjals and chillies, and they all grew well under my hand, so that we ate even better than we had done before.
From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya
