to chil
9.9
To make food or drinks cold before use
- verb
- /tʃɪl/
- Informal
:
enfriar
- To bring down the temperature of the cake, you should chil it in the icebox.
We are waiting for our cookies to chill.
- We are waiting for our cookies to chill.
Examples
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And you might chill your pizza, but there you go.
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last step here is to chill and serve. So I said like a little bit more.
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I'm just trying to chill and it's like not freezing outside.
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After cooking, let the soup chil for a while before serving it.
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It's a hot day, so I will chil the drinks in the fridge.
Synonyms
to cool
vsto chil
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To make or become less warm
means making something cold rather than just less warm
to chill
vsto chil
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To make food or drink cold, often in the fridge
is the same but uses a nonstandard spelling
to prechill
vsto chil
6.2
To cool something to a low temperature before using or serving it
does the same but not specifically before use
Antonyms
How Cold
to freeze
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to chil
- Informal
Surface Forms
Etymology
Chil is an informal spelling of chill, from an old English word for 'cold'. To chil something is simply to make it 'cold' or cooler, so putting a bottle in the fridge will chil it.