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   pepper

   /ˈpɛpə/

   noun

   • 1. a pungent hot-tasting powder prepared from dried and ground peppercorns, used as a spice or condiment to flavour food: "season to taste with salt and pepper"
   • ▪ a reddish hot-tasting spice prepared from various forms of capsicum.
   • 2. a capsicum, especially a sweet pepper.
   • 3. a climbing vine with berries that are dried as black or white peppercorns.
   • ▪ used in names of other plants which are related or similar to the pepper, e.g. Jamaica pepper, water pepper.
   • 4. a practice game in which a fielder throws at close range to a batter who hits back to the fielder: "he liked to play pepper"

   verb

   • 1. sprinkle or season (food) with pepper: "I salted and peppered the beef before I browned it"
   • 2. cover or fill with a liberal amount of scattered items: "the script is peppered with four-letter words" Similar sprinklefleckinterspersedotspotbespatterdabbestudstipplepockfrecklescatterliterary:befleckbestrew
   • ▪ hit repeatedly with small missiles or gunshot: "his car was peppered with bullets" Similar bombardpeltshowerrain down onattackassailbatterfire a broadside atstraferakesweepenfiladeblitzhitarchaic:cannonadefusillade
   • ▪ inflict severe punishment or suffering upon: archaic "if he finds out my haunts he swears he'll pepper me"

   Word Origin Old Englishpiper, 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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2. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › pepperPepper Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

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   The meaning of PEPPER is either of two pungent spices that consist of the dried, typically ground fruit of an Indian vine (Piper nigrum). How to use pepper in a sentence.

3. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishPEPPER | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   PEPPER definition: 1. a grey or white powder produced by crushing dry peppercorns, used to give a spicy, hot taste to…. Learn more.

4. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionaryPEPPER | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

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   Sep 23, 2015 · PEPPER meaning: 1. a grey or white powder produced by crushing dry peppercorns, used to give a spicy, hot taste to…. Learn more.

5. www.dictionary.com › browse › pepperPEPPER Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

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   Pepper definition: a pungent condiment obtained from various plants of the genus Piper, especially from the dried berries, used whole or ground, of the tropical climbing shrub P. nigrum.. See examples of PEPPER used in a sentence.

6. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishPEPPER definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

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   noun. 1. a woody climbing plant, Piper nigrum, of the East Indies, having small black berry-like fruits: family Piperaceae. 2. the dried fruit of this plant, which is ground to produce a sharp hot condiment. See also black pepper, white pepper. 3. any of various other plants of the genus Piper.

7. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › pepperPepper - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms - Vocabulary.com

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   plant bearing very small and very hot oblong red fruits; includes wild forms native to tropical America; thought to be ancestral to the sweet pepper and many hot peppers

8. www.thefreedictionary.com › pepperPepper - definition of pepper by The Free Dictionary

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   n. 1. a. A perennial climbing vine (Piper nigrum) native to India, widely cultivated for its long slender spikes of small fruit. b. A pungent black or white spice produced from the dried fruit of this plant, used as a condiment. 2. Any of several other plants of the genus Piper, such as cubeb, betel, and kava. 3. a.

9. www.wordsmyth.netDefinition of PEPPER

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   definition 1: a spicy condiment obtained from the dried, esp. black berries of any of various tropical vines of the East Indies.

10. www.yourdictionary.com › pepperPepper Definition & Meaning - YourDictionary

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    Pepper definition: Any of several other plants of the genus Piper, such as cubeb, betel, and kava.

11. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionaryPEPPER | definition in the Cambridge Learner’s Dictionary

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    PEPPER meaning: 1. a black, grey, or red powder that is made from crushed seeds, used to give food a slightly spicy…. Learn more.