CHILI
Dictionary entry overview: What does chili mean?
• CHILI (noun)
The noun CHILI has 2 senses:
1. ground beef and chili peppers or chili powder often with tomatoes and kidney beans
2. very hot and finely tapering pepper of special pungency
Familiarity information: CHILI used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• CHILI (noun)
Meaning:
Ground beef and chili peppers or chili powder often with tomatoes and kidney beans
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Synonyms:
chili; chili con carne
Hypernyms ("chili" is a kind of...):
dish (a particular item of prepared food)
Domain region:
Mexico; United Mexican States (a republic in southern North America; became independent from Spain in 1810)
Meaning:
Very hot and finely tapering pepper of special pungency
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Synonyms:
chilli; chilly; chile; chili; chili pepper
Hypernyms ("chili" is a kind of...):
hot pepper (any of various pungent capsicum fruits)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "chili"):
jalapeno; jalapeno pepper (hot green or red pepper of southwestern United States and Mexico)
cayenne; cayenne pepper (a long and often twisted hot red pepper)
Holonyms ("chili" is a part of...):
Capsicum annuum longum; cayenne; cayenne pepper; chili pepper; chilli pepper; jalapeno; long pepper (plant bearing very hot and finely tapering long peppers; usually red)
Holonyms ("chili" is a substance of...):
chili powder (powder made of ground chili peppers mixed with e.g. cumin and garlic and oregano)
