Wiktionary
n. A dish of meat and beans in a tomato sauce flavoured with chili peppers.
WordNet
n. ground beef and chili peppers or chili powder often with tomatoes and kidney beans [syn: chili]
Wikipedia
Chili con carne (; ), commonly known in American English as simply "chili", is a spicy stew containing chili peppers, meat (usually beef), and often tomatoes and beans. Other seasonings may include garlic, onions, and cumin. Geographic and personal tastes involve different types of meat and ingredients. Recipes provoke disputes among aficionados, some of whom insist that the word "chili" applies only to the basic dish, without beans and tomatoes. Chili con carne is a frequent dish for cook-offs and is used as an ingredient in other dishes.
Usage examples of "chili con carne".
She fussed at him while they were enjoying a warm sit-down meal of chili con carne and tamales near the livery, where he'd paid some kids to curry and water their ponies while they cooled off and ate some genuine oats as reward for a job half-done.
In the States, for instance, he acquired a taste for sour-mash bourbon whiskey, jalapeno peppers, chili con carne (which he insisted on not only making himself, but forcing upon civilized people), and the really outrageous habit of rising in the middle of the night to go to work.
So Longarm led him into the depot dining hall, and bought them some chili con carne with mince pie and coffee.
He went back into the mall and bought a stuffed baked potato at One Potato, Two--, asking for the Mexican Idaho, which included butter, chili con carne, jack cheese, and tortilla chips.
Her eyes felt as though they were going to pop right out of their sockets, and the blood pounding in her veins was hotter than chili con carne.
He went to catch some eggs over chili con carne at the all-night beanery next door.
For example, if I say to you fork, this immediately brings to your mind the idea of spoon, knife, tablecloth, napkin, plate, cup and saucer, glass of wine, chili con carne, banquet, birthday, fiesta.