chili

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   The pungent, spicy fresh or dried fruit of any of several cultivated varieties of capsicum peppers, used in cooking.

   Capsicum—the dried ripe fruit of Capsicum fastigiatum—is also known as Chilly pepper, Chillies, Guinea, or pod pepper, and is chiefly brought from Zanzibar. The several varieties differ in shape and size, are of a red colour, and filled with numerous red-brown, pungent seeds.

2. 2
   name

   Alternative form of Chile.

   CHILI, a province of ſouth America, bounded by Peru on the north, by the province of La Plata on the eaſt, by Patagonia on the ſouth, and by the Pacific ocean on the weſt... But ſome comprehend Patagonia in Chili, extending it to cape Horn...

3. 3
   noun

   very hot and finely tapering pepper of special pungency

4. 4
   noun

   ground beef and chili peppers or chili powder often with tomatoes and kidney beans

5. 5
   noun

   Powdered chili pepper, used as a spice or flavouring in cooking.

6. 6
   noun

   A spicy stew of chicken or paneer, capsicum and onion, eaten as an appetizer.

7. 7
   noun

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

8. 8
   noun

   Cincinnati chili.

Etymology

Ellipsis of chili con carne, from Spanish chile con carne (literally “chili with meat”).