chili Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun ground beef and chili peppers or chili powder often with tomatoes and kidney beans
    chili con carne.
  2. noun very hot and finely tapering pepper of special pungency
    chilli; chile; chili pepper; chilly.

WordNet

Chil"i noun
Etymology
Sp. chili, chile.
Definitions
  1. A kind of red pepper. See Capsicum Written also chilli and chile.

Webster 1913