pepper

pepper
[[t]pe̱pə(r)[/t]]
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peppers, peppering, peppered
1) N-UNCOUNT Pepper is a hot-tasting spice which is used to flavour food.

Season with salt and pepper.

...freshly ground black pepper.

2) N-COUNT A pepper or, in American English a bell pepper, is a hollow green, red, or yellow vegetable with seeds inside it.
Syn:
3) VERB: usu passive If something is peppered with small objects, a lot of those objects hit it.

[be V-ed with n] He was wounded in both legs and severely peppered with shrapnel...

[be V-ed with n] Suddenly the garden was peppered with pellets.

4) VERB If something is peppered with things, it has a lot of those things in it or on it.

[be V-ed with n] While her English was correct, it was peppered with French phrases...

[be V-ed with n] Outside, the road was peppered with glass...

[V n] Yachts peppered the tranquil waters of Botafogo Bay.


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