chilli
noun/ˈtʃɪli/
/ˈtʃɪli/
(British English) (North American English chili)
(plural chillies, North American English chilies)
- (also chilli pepper)[countable, uncountable] the small green or red fruit of a type of pepper plant that is used in cooking to give a hot taste to food, often dried or made into powder, also called chilli or chilli powderTopics Foodb2Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
- fresh
- dried
- hot
- …
- pepper
- oil
- powder
- …
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- [uncountable] a hot spicy Mexican dish made with beans, chillies and often meatTopics Foodb2
Word Originearly 17th cent.: from Spanish chile, from Nahuatl chilli.
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