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Definitions

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. A highly spiced dish made of red peppers, meat, and often beans.

Wiktionary

  1. n. A dish of meat and beans in a tomato sauce flavoured with chili peppers.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. ground beef and chili peppers or chili powder often with tomatoes and kidney beans

Etymologies

  1. From Spanish chile con carne (literally "chili with meat"), influenced by chili, also from Spanish. (Wiktionary)
  2. Spanish : chile, chili + con, with + carne, meat. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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  1. dish

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  1. chilidog
  1. chiliburger
  1. chili
  1. chili dog

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  • asativum A dish of beans and meat cooked by ex-felons working the midway. Sep 10, 2008

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