Chilli

Alternative forms

 * chile
 * chili

Noun

 * 1) The pungent fresh or dried fruit of any of several cultivated varieties of capsicum.
 * ''The farmers’ market had a wide variety of chillis from anchos to jalepenos to habeneros.
 * 1)  Chili con carne.
 * I fancy having some chilli for dinner tonight. What about you, Sandra?
 * 1)  Powdered chilli peppers, used as a spice or flavouring in cooking.
 * I want to make this pasta spicy so I’m going to add some chilli to it.