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4 N‑COUNT A chill is a mild illness which can give you a slight fever and headache. □  He caught a chill while performing at a rain-soaked open-air venue.

5 ADJ [ADJ n] Chill weather is cold and unpleasant. □  …chill winds, rain and choppy seas. ● N‑SING Chill is also a noun. □ [+ of ] …the cold chill of the night.

▸  chill out PHRASAL VERB To chill out means to relax after you have done something tiring or stressful. [INFORMAL ] □ [V P ] After raves, we used to chill out in each other's bedrooms.

chil|lax /tʃ I læ ks/ (chillaxes , chillaxing , chillaxed ) VERB If you chillax , you relax and stop being angry or anxious. [INFORMAL ] □  He spent the weekend chillaxing at his beach house.

chill|er /tʃ I lə ^r / (chillers ) N‑COUNT A chiller is a very frightening film or novel.

chil|li /tʃ I li/ (chillies or chillis ) also chili N‑VAR Chillies are small red or green peppers. They have a very hot taste and are used in cooking.

chil|li con car|ne /tʃ I li kɒn kɑː ^r ni/ N‑UNCOUNT Chilli con carne is a dish made from minced meat, vegetables, and powdered or fresh chillies.

chill|ing /tʃ I l I ŋ/ ADJ [usu ADJ n] If you describe something as chilling , you mean it is frightening. □  He described in chilling detail how he attacked her. ●  chill|ing|ly ADV [usu ADV adj] □  The film chillingly shows the ways that the love of money alters us.

chi l|li pow|der also chili powder N‑UNCOUNT Chilli powder is a very hot-tasting powder made mainly from dried chillies. It is used in cooking.

chi ll-out ADJ [ADJ n] Chill-out places or things are intended to help you relax. [BRIT , INFORMAL ] □  …some summer chill-out music.

chil|ly /tʃ I li/ (chillier , chilliest )

1 ADJ Something that is chilly is unpleasantly cold. □  It was a chilly afternoon. □  The rooms had grown chilly.

2 ADJ [v-link ADJ ] If you feel chilly , you feel rather cold. □  I'm a bit chilly.

3 ADJ You say that relations between people are chilly or that a person's response is chilly when they are not friendly, welcoming, or enthusiastic. □  I was slightly afraid of their chilly distant politeness.

chime /tʃa I m/ (chimes , chiming , chimed )

1 VERB When a bell or a clock chimes , it makes ringing sounds. □ [V ] He heard the front doorbell chime. □ [V n] …as the Guildhall clock chimed three o'clock. □ [V -ing] …a mahogany chiming clock.

2 N‑COUNT A chime is a ringing sound made by a bell, especially when it is part of a clock. □ [+ of ] The ceremony started as the chimes of midnight struck.

3 N‑PLURAL Chimes are a set of small objects which make a ringing sound when they are blown by the wind. □  …the haunting sound of the wind chimes.

▸  chime in PHRASAL VERB If you chime in , you say something just after someone else has spoken. □ [V P with quote] 'Why?' Pete asked impatiently.—'Yes, why?' Bob chimed in. 'It seems like a good idea to me.' □ [V P + with ] At this, some of the others chime in with memories of prewar deprivations. [Also V P ]

▸  chime in with or chime with PHRASAL VERB If one thing chimes in with another thing or chimes with it, the two things are similar or consistent with each other. □ [V P P n] He has managed to find a response to each new political development that chimes in with most Germans' instinct. □ [V P n] The president's remarks do not entirely chime with those coming from American and British politicians.

chi|mera /ka I m I ə rə/ (chimeras )