A town in New York, United States.
chili
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for chili.
Editorial note
A foot long chili cheese dog, an order of fries and a 20oz drink for $6?
Quick take
A town in New York, United States.
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of chili gathered in one view.
(countable) The pungent, spicy fresh or dried fruit of any of several cultivated varieties of capsicum peppers, used in cooking.
(uncountable) Powdered chili pepper, used as a spice or flavouring in cooking.
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for chili.
noun
A town in New York, United States.
See also: chilly, chile, chilli, chili-pepper
noun
(countable) The pungent, spicy fresh or dried fruit of any of several cultivated varieties of capsicum peppers, used in cooking.
See also: chilly, chile, chilli, chili-pepper
noun
(uncountable) Powdered chili pepper, used as a spice or flavouring in cooking.
See also: chilly, chile, chilli, chili-pepper
noun
(Indian Chinese cuisine) A spicy stew of chicken or paneer, capsicum and onion, eaten as an appetizer.
See also: chilly, chile, chilli, chili-pepper
Example sentences
A foot long chili cheese dog, an order of fries and a 20oz drink for $6?
This solution is like trying to stir a pot of chili with an absinthe spoon.
Chocolate tastes great salted alone, with chili peppers, or in savory protein-heavy dishes.
I have been a bit of a chili pepper, hot spice and hot sauce afficionado for a few decades.
But, I would buy nothing to replace it if they didn't have Huy Fong chili sauces (I like their chili garlic sauce even more than the standard chili sauce for cooking).
Other offenders for brick wall limiting are most Chili Peppers albums, Paul McCartney's Memory Almost Full, and California Breed's (sadly) one and only album.
The demo setup they have, contains chili peppers though, for legal reasons.
We got upgraded, worked on our laptops, spent 6 hours eating chili crabs in Singapore and listening to a drag cover band, and then flew back.
I remember thinking that this is the best chili sauce I have ever tasted.
(Mostly from people growing marijuana of course, but also chili peppers, which is my use case).
It's not that it's named after a location, it's that the name was already (in Thailand) a generic term for a sauce based on chili peppers and garlic.
My meals have widely varying thermal capacities (chili vs a sandwich) so it's nice to have a single button to hit, to get my food uniformly hot every single time.
Quote examples
Bell peppers and some other non-spicy peppers are called "Paprika" in German (whereas apparently in English "paprika" refers to a spice made from chili peppers).
"Pepperoni" in German generally refers to chili peppers (though recently I've heard it being used to describe salamis, likely due to US influence).
His response (the auditor's name has been removed): "The Chili Peppers use ____ to audit their royalty statements, which they pay ____ a lot of money for, and they always get checks for hundreds of thousands of dollars when ____ settles the audits with Warner Bros.
Proper noun examples
Chili peppers are strictly new world, but people in eg India/China used other piquant ingredients before the Portuguese introduced them.
My impression is it's no long a map service but show me the nearest Chili's Grill & Bar on my smart phone service.
Restaurants like Applebee's, TGI Friday's, Chili's, and the like tend to have lots of menu items that are scarcely better than fast food.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use chili in a sentence?
A foot long chili cheese dog, an order of fries and a 20oz drink for $6?
What does chili mean?
A town in New York, United States.
What part of speech is chili?
chili is commonly used as noun.