Pepper - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈpepər|  American pronunciation of the word pepper
Brit.  |ˈpepə|  British pronunciation of the word pepper

noun

- climber having dark red berries (peppercorns) when fully ripe; southern India and Sri Lanka; naturalized in northern Burma and Assam
- any of various tropical plants of the genus Capsicum bearing peppers (syn: capsicum)
- pungent seasoning from the berry of the common pepper plant of East India; use whole or ground (syn: peppercorn)
- sweet and hot varieties of fruits of plants of the genus Capsicum

verb

- add pepper to
pepper the soup
- attack and bombard with or as if with missiles (syn: pelt)

Extra examples

You need to pepper the stew more.

...pepper the costume with flecks of glitter...

Mary's face was peppered with freckles.

The speaker was peppered with questions by a crowd of eager students.

He peppered the report with statistics.

He will pepper his son.

The surface of the moon is peppered with craters.

Machine gun fire peppered the front of the building.

Pepper the steak well.

Season the meat with salt and pepper.

Sgt. Pepper was our grandest endeavor.

My favorite seasonings are black pepper and oregano.

...spice the stew with more pepper...

And sprinkle it lightly with pepper.

Add a teaspoon of salt, and a sprinkling of milled pepper.

Word forms

verb
I/you/we/they: pepper
he/she/it: peppers
present participle: peppering
past tense: peppered
past participle: peppered
noun
singular: pepper
plural: peppers
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