pepper
[noun]
Synonyms:
- seasoning, flavour, spice
[verb]
Synonyms:
- sprinkle, dot, fleck, spatter, speck
- pelt, bombard, shower

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

I. pep‧per¹ S3 /ˈpepə $ -ər/ noun
[Language: Old English; Origin: pipor, from Latin piper, from Greek peperi]

1. [uncountable] a powder that is used to add a hot taste to food:
salt and pepper ⇒ black pepper, white pepper

2.
[countable] a hollow red, green, or yellow vegetable, eaten either raw or cooked with other food Synonym : bell pepper American English ⇒ sweet pepper, cayenne pepper, red pepper

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

II. pepper² verb [transitive]

1. [usually passive] if something is peppered with things, it has a lot of those things in it or on it
be peppered with something
a speech peppered with amusing stories
The surface of the moon is peppered with craters.

2. if bullets pepper something, they hit it several times:
Machine gun fire peppered the front of the building.

3. pepper somebody with questions American English to ask someone a lot of questions, one after the other:
Reporters peppered him with questions.

4. to add pepper to food:
Pepper the steak well.
peppered salami

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

pepper
noun
I. spice
ADJ. ground freshly ground black pepper
black, white | cayenne
VERB + PEPPER add, put in/on, season sth with, sprinkle He put some pepper on his steak.
grind
PEPPER + NOUN mill, pot, shaker
PHRASES salt and pepper Add salt and pepper to taste (= in the quantity preferred).

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

pepper
II. vegetable
ADJ. bell, sweet | chilli, hot | green, red, yellow | stuffed peppers stuffed with meat and rice
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[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲