chili
/ˈtʃɪli/
noun
Common
1.n.ground beef and chili peppers or chili powder often with tomatoes and kidney beans
2.n.very hot and finely tapering pepper of special pungency
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chili and chilly are homophones: they are pronounced identically and spelled differently, which is why they are so often swapped. chili means “ground beef and chili peppers or chili powder often with tomatoes and kidney beans”. chilly means “not characterized by emotion”. chili is the more common of the two in everyday English.
/ˈtʃɪli/
1.n.ground beef and chili peppers or chili powder often with tomatoes and kidney beans
2.n.very hot and finely tapering pepper of special pungency
/ˈtʃɪli/
| chili | chilly | |
|---|---|---|
| Pronunciation | /ˈtʃɪli/ | /ˈtʃɪli/ |
| Said | CHIL-ee | CHIL-ee |
| Syllables | 2 | 2 |
| Letters | 5 | 6 |
| Parts of speech | noun | adjective, noun |
| Senses | 2 | 4 |
| How common | Common | Familiar |
| Synonyms | chili con carne | none recorded |
Full entry for chili · Full entry for chilly · More comparisons
1.adj.not characterized by emotion
“a female form in marble--a chilly but ideal medium for depicting abstract virtues”
2.adj.appreciably or disagreeably cold
3.adj.lacking warmth of feeling
“a chilly greeting”