anaheim

anaheim — noun

1. a green chili pepper with a long narrow shape and mild heat, often roasted, stuf

1.noun
Definition

a green chili pepper with a long narrow shape and mild heat, often roasted, stuffed, or sliced for cooking.

Example

Sofia roasted two Anaheim peppers for the fish tacos.

collocation: roast Anaheim peppers

The cook filled each Anaheim pepper with cheese and rice.

pattern: fill [pepper] with [food]

Common collocations
  • roast Anaheim peppers
  • stuff an Anaheim pepper
  • slice Anaheim peppers
  • dried Anaheim chiles
  • mild Anaheim pepper
Synonyms

Usage Note

Usually appears as "Anaheim pepper" or "Anaheim chile" in recipes and shopping lists. Distinguish from sense 2: the food sense is commonly used with cooking verbs such as roast, fill, slice, and dry.

Common Mistakes

I bought three Anaheims for the soup.
I bought three Anaheim peppers for the soup.
this food name is usually followed by 'pepper' or 'peppers'.
This Anaheim is very hot like a habanero.
This Anaheim pepper is fairly mild.
this variety is known for gentle heat, not extreme heat.

2. a city in southern California, east of Los Angeles, known to many people as the

2.noun
Definition

a city in southern California, east of Los Angeles, known to many people as the home of Disneyland.

Example

Our family drove from San Diego to Anaheim for the baseball game.

destination: to Anaheim

Nina booked a hotel in Anaheim before visiting Disneyland.

preposition: in Anaheim

Common collocations
  • live in Anaheim
  • drive to Anaheim
  • Anaheim Convention Center
  • a hotel in Anaheim
  • the city of Anaheim
Synonyms

Usage Note

Used as a proper noun and always capitalised. Unlike sense 1, this sense stands alone without 'pepper' and is most often used after prepositions such as in, to, from, and near.

Common Mistakes

We stayed in the Anaheim for three nights.
We stayed in Anaheim for three nights.
city names normally do not take 'the'.
anaheim is busy during the summer.
Anaheim is busy during the summer.
city names must begin with a capital letter.

Synonym discussion

Sense: noun/1

These peppers overlap in cooking, but they give different results. An Anaheim pepper is usually long, fairly mild, and easy to roast or stuff. A poblano is also mild, but it is broader, darker, and often has a richer flavor. A jalapeno is smaller and noticeably hotter, so it changes the heat level of a dish more quickly. A bell pepper is the mildest of all and has no chili heat, so it adds sweetness rather than spice. In practice, you might stuff an Anaheim or a poblano, slice a jalapeno onto nachos, and use a bell pepper in a salad. If a recipe needs gentle heat without becoming too spicy, Anaheim is often the safest choice.

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Etymology

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The place name Anaheim was formed in the 1800s from Ana, taken from the nearby Santa Ana River, and -heim, a German word meaning "home". The pepper sense came later and was named after Anaheim, California, where the variety became strongly associated with commercial growing and sale.