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- Dictionarypepper/ˈpɛpə/
noun
- 1. a pungent hot-tasting powder prepared from dried and ground peppercorns, used as a spice or condiment to flavour food: "season to taste with salt and pepper"
- 2. a capsicum, especially a sweet pepper.
verb
- 1. sprinkle or season (food) with pepper: "I salted and peppered the beef before I browned it"
- 2. cover or fill with a liberal amount of scattered items: "the script is peppered with four-letter words" Similar
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PEPPER definition: 1. a grey or white powder produced by crushing dry peppercorns, used to give a spicy, hot taste to…. Learn more.
either of two pungent products from the fruit of an Indian plant (Piper nigrum) that are used chiefly as condiments:; black pepper; white pepper… See the full definition
noun. us / ˈpep·ər / pepper noun (SPICE) Add to word list. [ U ] a black or cream-colored spice, often used in powdered form, that gives a spicy hot taste to food. pepper noun (VEGETABLE) [ C ] a vegetable that is green, red, or yellow, having a rounded shape, that is hollow with seeds in the middle. pepper. verb [ T ]
Definitions of pepper. noun. climber having dark red berries (peppercorns) when fully ripe; southern India and Sri Lanka; naturalized in northern Burma and Assam. synonyms: Madagascar pepper, Piper nigrum, black pepper, common pepper, white pepper. see more. noun. any of various tropical plants of the genus Capsicum bearing peppers.
Pepper definition: a pungent condiment obtained from various plants of the genus Piper, especially from the dried berries, used whole or ground, of the tropical climbing shrub P. nigrum.. See examples of PEPPER used in a sentence.
n. 1. a. A perennial climbing vine (Piper nigrum) native to India, widely cultivated for its long slender spikes of small fruit. b. A pungent black or white spice produced from the dried fruit of this plant, used as a condiment. 2. Any of several other plants of the genus Piper, such as cubeb, betel, and kava. 3. a.
A pepper, or in American English a bell pepper, is a hollow green, red, or yellow vegetable with seeds inside it.
a black, grey, or red powder that is made from crushed seeds, used to give food a slightly spicy flavour: salt and pepper.
See synonyms for pepper on Thesaurus.com noun a pungent condiment obtained from various plants of the genus Piper, especially from the dried berries, used whole or ground, of the tropical climbing shrub P. nigrum.
PEPPER meaning: 1 : a food seasoning that is made by grinding the dried berries of an Indian plant along with their hard, black covers black pepper; 2 : a hollow vegetable that is usually red, green, or yellow and that is eaten raw or cooked
