CHILE | Meaning In The Cambridge English Dictionary

Meaning of chile in English chilenoun US uk /ˈtʃɪl.i/ us /ˈtʃɪl.i/ Add to word list Add to word list A2 [ C or U ] (UK chilli , US also chili) the small red or green seed case from particular types of pepper plant that is used to make some foods spicy: I use chopped mild green chiles. Breakfast was scrambled egg with red chile. chile sauce/oil

• Adobo is a thick, vinegary sauce with chipotle chiles.
• I usually wear plastic gloves when preparing raw chiles.
• In Italy, small but powerful chiles called peperoncini are added to olive oil to make a spicy condiment.
• Season with salt, pepper, and chile flakes to taste.

Herbs & spices

• achiote
• aji
• ajwain
• Aleppo pepper
• allspice
• cinnamon
• cinnamon stick
• clove of garlic
• coarse salt
• common salt
• hot pepper
• iodized salt
• Italian parsley
• jalapeño
• kitchen salt
• ras el hanout
• red pepper
• rub
• rue
• sage

See more results » Chilenoun uk /ˈtʃɪl.i/ us /ˈtʃɪl.i/ a country in South America Countries, nationalities & continents: country names

• Afghanistan
• Albania
• Albion
• Algeria
• Andorra
• England
• Equatorial Guinea
• Eritrea
• Estonia
• Eswatini
• Mauritania
• Mauritius
• Melanesia
• Mexico
• Sri Lanka
• St Kitts and Nevis
• St Lucia
• St Vincent and the Grenadines
• Sudan
• the Marshall Islands

See more results » (Definition of chile from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of chile

chile One vessel had cacao seeds in the bottom, and chiles above, separated by a layer of cotton gauze. From the Cambridge English Corpus Americans call the sweet types peppers and the hot ones chili peppers or chilies (sometimes spelled chiles). From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Then add a blender full of blended guajillo chiles (strained first). From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Milder sauces may use only cayenne and serrano chiles. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. A salsa is prepared by combining fresh tomatoes, chiles and onions with jumiles that have been mashed in a molcajete. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Chiefs or other elite members would use foods and stews spiced with chiles when involved in a feast. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Green chiles are those that are picked unripe; they are fire-roasted, then peeled before further use. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Historical crops still being cultivated in the valley include: tobacco, corn, beans and chiles. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Then they are sauteed in butter with onions, chopped pequin chiles, epazote and salt. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. In tropical and subtropical regions, the habanero, like other chiles, will produce year round. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. What is the pronunciation of chile, Chile?

Translations of chile

in Chinese (Traditional) 智利… See more in Chinese (Simplified) 智利… See more in Spanish chile, guindilla, Chile… See more in Portuguese Chile… See more in Polish in Turkish Chile… See more Şili… See more Need a translator?

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• chili (pepper)
• chile relleno
• chile con queso
• chile de arbol
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