chile

Noun (1)

chili (countable and uncountable, plural chilis or chilies)

1. (US, countable) 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.1874, Finlay Dun, “Peppers”, in Veterinary Medicines: Their Actions and Uses, 4th edition, New York, N.Y.: William Wood & Company, →OCLC, pages 442–443

   Synonyms:

   chili pepper

2. (US, uncountable) Powdered chili pepper, used as a spice or flavouring in cooking.

   Synonyms:

   chili powder

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

Noun (2)

chili (uncountable)

1. (US) A dish made with chili peppers and other ingredients, such as beans and beef.

   Synonyms:

   chili con carne

2. (Cincinnati, US) Cincinnati chili.

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Noun

child (plural children or (dialectal or archaic) childer)

1. (broadly) A person who has not yet reached adulthood, whether natural (puberty), cultural (initiation), or legal (majority).
   • Go easy on him: he is but a child.

   Synonyms:

   kid

   1. (broadly, sometimes) A youth aged 1 to 9 years, whereas neonates are aged 0 to 1 month, infants are aged 1 to 12 months, and adolescents are aged 10 to 20 years.
2. One's direct descendant by birth, regardless of age; one's offspring; a son or daughter.
   • My youngest child is forty-three this year.

   Synonyms:

   descendant

3. The thirteenth Lenormand card.
4. (figuratively) A person considered a product of a place or culture, a member of a tribe or culture, regardless of age.
   • the children of Israel

   Synonyms:

   product, son, daughter

5. (figuratively) Anything derived from or caused by something.
   • Poverty, disease, and despair are the children of war.1991, Salman Rushdie, Midnight's Children

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