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# chile

noun (Chile — a country; chile — a hot pepper, chiles)

«chile» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Chile is a long, narrow country in South America, between the Andes mountains and the Pacific Ocean. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chile/#m1)
2. A chile (also chili or chilli) is a small hot-tasting pepper used in cooking. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chile/#m2)
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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chile/#m3)

### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chile/#x1)
- The capital of Chile is Santiago. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chile/#x2)
- Chile is very long and narrow. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chile/#x3)
- The Atacama Desert in Chile is one of the driest places on Earth. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chile/#x4)
- This sauce has green chile in it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chile/#x5)
- Wash your hands after cutting a chile, and don't touch your eyes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chile/#x6)
- Chile is next to Argentina. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chile/#x7)

### 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.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «chile» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chile/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«chile» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/chile.html) on Mova free.