26984 words

pepper

6 definitions • 7 examples
1
a grey or white powder produced by crushing dry peppercorns, used to give a spicy, hot taste to food:

Examples:

salt and pepper
2
a vegetable that is usually green, red, or yellow, has a rounded shape, and is hollow with seeds in the middle:

Examples:

a red/green pepper
Peppers are usually cooked with other vegetables or eaten raw in salads.
Red peppers are ideal for roasting in the oven.
3
a black or cream-colored spice, often used in powdered form, that gives a spicy hot taste to food
4
a vegetable that is green, red, or yellow, having a rounded shape, that is hollow with seeds in the middle
5
to direct something suddenly and repeatedly at someone, as if attacking the person:

Examples:

6
To pepper is also to add to something in many places:

Examples:

He peppered his speech with jokes.

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