| Front | pepper |
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| Back | pep•per noun, verb BrE /ˈpepə(r)/ NAmE /ˈpepər/ noun word origin example bank 1 [uncountable] a powder made from dried berries (called peppercorns), used to give a hot flavour to food Season with salt and pepper freshly ground pepper see also black pepper, cayenne, white pepper 2 (BrE) (also ˌsweet ˈpepper BrE, NAmE) (NAmE ˈbell pepper) [countable, uncountable] a hollow fruit, usually red, green or yellow, eaten as a vegetable either raw or cooked verb verb forms word origin ~ sth to put pepper on food peppered steak Salt and pepper the potatoes. ˈpepper sb/sth with sth [usually passive] to hit sb/sth with a series of small objects, especially bullets spray ˈpepper sth with sth [often passive] to include large numbers of sth in sth He peppered his speech with jokes. |
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