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Definition of Chili
1. Noun. Ground beef and chili peppers or chili powder often with tomatoes and kidney beans.
Generic synonyms: Dish
Geographical relationships: Mexico, United Mexican States
2. Noun. Very hot and finely tapering pepper of special pungency.
Generic synonyms: Hot Pepper
Specialized synonyms: Jalapeno, Jalapeno Pepper, Cayenne, Cayenne Pepper
Substance meronyms: Chili Powder
Group relationships: Capsicum Annuum Longum, Cayenne, Cayenne Pepper, Chili Pepper, Chilli Pepper, Jalapeno, Long Pepper
Definition of Chili
1. n. A kind of red pepper. See Capsicum
Definition of Chili
1. Noun. The spicy fresh or dried fruit of any of several cultivated varieties of capsicum peppers, used especially to add heat, or as a flavouring in cooking; associated with Mexican, Indian(,) and Tex-Mex cuisine. ¹
2. Noun. A dish made with this fruit and other ingredients, such as beans and beef. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Chili
1. a hot pepper [n -S or -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chili
Literary usage of Chili
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain), Norton Shaw, Francis Galton, William Spottiswoode, Clements Robert Markham, Henry Walter Bates, John Scott Keltie (1879)
"A - the canses of the present war between chili and the allied Republics of ...
No question, however, seems to have arison between chili and Bolivia on this ..."
2. A General Collection of the Best and Most Interesting Voyages and Travels in by John Pinkerton (1813)
"... having carried his arms as far as the river Mauli, which is in the latitude
of 34° 30'. THE kingdom of chili extends from the frontiers of Peru to the ..."
3. Transactions of the American Entomological Society. by American Entomological Society (1891)
"chili. carbonai-lue Philippi. Verb, zool.-bot. Gesellsch. xv. ... Exot, i, 2,
46 ; Blanchard. Gay's Hist. fis. y p« Chile, vii. 365.—chili. ..."
4. The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for by Edmund Burke, Benjamin Franklin Collection (Library of Congress), John Davis Batchelder Collection (Library of Congress) (1820)
"The combined army of the United Provinces and of chili, directed against the
actual authorities at Lima, and in aid of these inhabitants, shall cease to ..."
5. A Subject Index of the Modern Works Added to the Library of the British ...by British Museum Dept. of Printed Books, George Knottesford Fortescue by British Museum Dept. of Printed Books, George Knottesford Fortescue (1891)
"chili- continued. Immigration. chili. Ce que disent les colons sur le chili. pp.
... DAVILA-LARRAIN (B.) Future of Industry in chili, pp. 44. Zurich, 1887. ..."
6. The Annual Register edited by Edmund Burke (1884)
"After seventeen years of interrupted relations, a treaty of peace between Spain
and chili was signed at Lima (June 12); and shortly before the close of the ..."
7. A Voyage to South America: Describing at Large the Spanish Cities, Towns by Antonio de Ulloa, John Adams (1806)
"Account of that part of chili within the ... 'T'HE kingdom of chili extends from
the frontiers •"• of Peru to the ... in chili, and in every particular ..."
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