Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Chili made with meat, usually beef.
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- noun A
dish ofmeat andbeans in atomato sauce flavoured withchili peppers .
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- noun ground beef and chili peppers or chili powder often with tomatoes and kidney beans
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Spanish : chile, chili + con, with + carne, meat.]
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From Spanish chile con carne (literally "chili with meat"), influenced by chili, also from Spanish.
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asativum commented on the word chili con carne
A dish of beans and meat cooked by ex-felons working the midway.
September 10, 2008