pepper

🇺🇸 /ˈpepər/ 🇬🇧 /ˈpepə(r)/
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noun
A1

a spicy powder made from dried berries, used to add heat to food

Add salt and pepper to the soup for more flavor.

R

a hollow vegetable, usually red, green, or yellow, eaten raw or cooked

This pepper salad is fresh and crunchy.

verb
R

to sprinkle pepper on food

Pepper the steak before grilling it.

translation

n. a spicy powder made from dried berries, used to add heat to food; a hollow vegetable, usually red, green, or yellow, eaten raw or cooked
v. to sprinkle pepper on food

Word Forms

Plural peppers
Progressive peppering
Past peppered
Perfect peppered
3rd Present peppers