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Pepper Salt Freshly Ground Stuffed Noun Bre ˈpepə(R

Word pepper
WordType (noun)
Phonetic BrE / ˈpepə(r) / NAmE / ˈpepər /
Example
  • season with salt and pepper
  • freshly ground pepper
  • add salt and pepper to taste.
  • he gave me a great recipe for stuffed peppers.
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pepper

(noun)BrE / ˈpepə(r) / NAmE / ˈpepər /
  1. a powder made from dried berries (called peppercorns ), used to give a hot flavour to food
    • see also black pepper
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/black-pepper
    • Season with salt and pepper
    • freshly ground pepper
  2. a hollow fruit, usually red, green or yellow, eaten as a vegetable either raw or cooked
  3. Extra Examples

    • Add salt and pepper to taste.
    • He gave me a great recipe for stuffed peppers.
    • He put some pepper on his steak.
    • freshly ground black pepper
    • peppers stuffed with meat and rice

    Word Origin

    • Old English piper, pipor, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch peper and German Pfeffer; via Latin from Greek peperi, from Sanskrit pippalī ‘berry, peppercorn’.
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