chile
part of speech
noun (Chile — a country; chile — a hot pepper, chiles)
meaning for a pupil
1) Chile is a long, narrow country in South America, between the Andes mountains and the Pacific Ocean. tree →
2) A chile (also chili or chilli) is a small hot-tasting pepper used in cooking. tree →
3) Chile can also be a friendly dialect word, used in some Southern American speech, meaning child or dear, when speaking to a young person. tree →
sense in the lessons
In geography lessons, Chile is one of the longest, thinnest countries in the world; it has deserts in the north, ice in the south, and its capital is Santiago. In everyday cooking, chiles make food spicy. Phrases: in Chile, red chile, green chile.
examples
- Chile is a country in South America. tree →
- The capital of Chile is Santiago. tree →
- Chile is very long and narrow. tree →
- The Atacama Desert in Chile is one of the driest places on Earth. tree →
- This sauce has green chile in it. tree →
- Wash your hands after cutting a chile, and don't touch your eyes. tree →
- Chile is next to Argentina. tree →
note
The country has a capital C: Chile. Spellings of the pepper: chile (US, especially Mexican food), chili (US), chilli (UK, Australia, NZ). Homophone: chilly (cold). Safety: chile juice burns the eyes.
In the corpora
- The strongest earthquake ever recorded was in Chile in 1960, magnitude about 9.5.
- Telescopes such as ALMA in Chile have photographed dusty discs around young stars where new planets are forming right now.
- Big telescopes are built on high, dry mountains such as Mauna Kea in Hawaii and the Atacama Desert in Chile.
- Rubin Observatory in Chile released its first images in 2025.
- The Atacama Desert in Chile, beside the Pacific Ocean, is one of the driest places on Earth.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «chile» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.