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pepper

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noun

1A pungent, hot-tasting powder prepared from dried and ground peppercorns, commonly used as a spice or condiment to flavor food.
‘season to taste with salt and pepper’
- ‘Whiz the onion, cumin, cinnamon, salt and pepper in a food processor until smooth.’
- ‘In a small bowl, combine sugar, paprika, salt, pepper, cumin, chilli powder and garlic.’
- ‘Season with salt and freshly ground pepper, add the parsley and stir gently.’
- ‘Transfer into the salad bowl, add in the parsley and rucola, sprinkle with salt and freshly ground pepper, and toss to coat.’
- ‘Drying may bring about a desirable change in flavour, as in pepper where the pungency increases.’
- ‘The lamb was roasted with minced spices and peppers, tender and pungent.’
- ‘Make shallots, garlic, red chilies, ground coriander, ground cumin, ground pepper, trassi and turmeric into a paste.’
- ‘Break the eggs into a bowl, add sea salt, pepper, parsley and paprika, and whisk.’
- ‘Add a smear of oil, then season the steak with sea salt and ground pepper and place in the pan.’
- ‘Drizzle with two tablespoons of oil, season with sea salt and freshly ground pepper and top with the thyme.’
- ‘Add some Maldon salt and freshly ground pepper to taste and a small bowl of freshly grated Parmesan to dip into.’
- ‘Drizzle over some oil, then season with freshly ground pepper and sea salt.’
- ‘The meat mixture has ground beef, onion, tomato paste, peas, salt, pepper, and curry powder.’
- ‘Add freshly ground pepper, the bay leaf, a splash of wine, and the butter.’
- ‘Season with a little salt and freshly ground pepper if you'd like.’
- ‘Squeeze the lime or lemon juice over the peas and lentils, grind over a little pepper and salt and serve hot.’
- ‘Serve warm, sprinkled with a little sea salt and freshly ground pepper, to accompany chicken, steaks, lamb, or burgers.’
- ‘Season with salt and ground pepper then put in a container with the crushed garlic and olive oil.’
- ‘Coat the chicken with olive oil, and scatter with sea salt, pepper and oregano.’
- ‘First prepare the mayo: place the egg yolks, mustard, 1 tsp lemon juice and plenty of salt and pepper in a food processor and process for a few seconds.’
1. 1.1A reddish hot-tasting spice prepared from various forms of capsicum.
  ‘Basically, Mexican rice is flavoured by three things: turmeric, peppers (especially chili peppers) and ground cayenne peppers.’
2A capsicum, especially a sweet pepper.
3A climbing vine with berries that are dried as black or white peppercorns.
Piper nigrum, family Piperaceae
1. 3.1Used in names of other plants that are related to this, have hot-tasting leaves, or have fruits used as a pungent spice, e.g., water pepper.
  ‘Other crop plants like peppers, cowpeas, clovers, legumes, and many others will be studied in the future.’
  ‘April is a great time to plant peppers, cucumbers, eggplants, squash and heat-loving okra.’
  ‘For example, in climates with cool summers, heat-loving plants like eggplants and peppers thrive in containers because the container and soil are warmed by the sun.’
  ‘Jerusalem cherries and ornamental peppers are tender tropical plants.’
  ‘The allspice tree belongs to the myrtle family, and is not related to the pepper or to capsicum plants.’
4Baseball
A practice game in which fielders throw at close range to a batter who hits back to the fielders.
- ‘he liked to play pepper’

Pronunciation

pepper

/ˈpepər/ /ˈpɛpər/

transitive verb

[with object]

1Sprinkle or season (food) with pepper.
- ‘I salted and peppered the beef before I browned it’
2usually be peppered withCover or fill with a liberal amount of scattered items.
- ‘the script is peppered with four-letter words’
sprinkle, fleck, intersperse, dot, spot, bespatter, dab, bestud, stipple, pock, freckle, scatter
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1. 2.1Hit repeatedly with small missiles or gunshot.
  ‘his car was peppered with bullets’
  bombard, pelt, shower, rain down on, attack, assail, batter, fire a broadside at, strafe, rake, sweep, enfilade, blitz, hit
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2. 2.2 archaic Inflict severe punishment or suffering upon.
  ‘if he finds out my haunts he swears he'll pepper me’

Pronunciation

pepper

/ˈpepər/ /ˈpɛpər/

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’.