pepper
noun /ˈpepə(r)/
/ˈpepər/
- [uncountable] a powder made from dried berries (called peppercorns), used to give a hot, spicy taste to food
- Season with salt and pepper
- freshly ground pepper
- sirloin steak with a pepper sauce
Extra Examples- Add salt and pepper to taste.
- He put some pepper on his steak.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- crushed
- ground
- cracked
- …
- add
- put in
- put on
- …
- grinder
- mill
- pot
- …
- salt and pepper
- (British English)
enlarge image(also sweet pepper British English, North American English)(North American English bell pepper)[countable, uncountable] a hollow fruit, usually red, green or yellow, eaten as a vegetable either raw or cooked- He gave me a great recipe for stuffed peppers.
- peppers stuffed with meat and rice
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- bell
- sweet
- chilli/chili
- …
- chop
- cut
- slice
- …
- sauce
- plant
- tree
- …
Word OriginOld English piper, pipor, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch peper and German Pfeffer; via Latin from Greek peperi, from Sanskrit pippalī ‘berry, peppercorn’.