pepper in English dictionary

  • pepper

    Meanings and definitions of "pepper"

    • (transitive) To add pepper to.
    • (transitive) To strike with something made up of small particles.
    • (transitive) To be covered with lots of (something made up of small things).
    • (transitive) To add (something) at frequent intervals.
    • A plant of the family Piperaceae.
    • (uncountable) A spice prepared from the fermented, dried, unripe red berries of this plant.
    • (baseball) A game used by baseball players to warm up where fielders standing close to a batter rapidly return the batted ball to be hit again
    • noun
      A plant of the family Piperaceae.
    • noun
      (uncountable)
      A spice prepared from the fermented, dried, unripe berries of this plant.
    • noun
      (Britain, Ireland and Canada)
      A bell pepper, a fruit of the capsicum plant: red, green, yellow or white, hollow and containing seeds, and in very spicy and mild varieties.
    • noun
      (baseball)
      A game used by baseball players to warm up where fielders standing close to a batter rapidly return the batted ball to be hit again
    • noun
      (cryptography)
      A randomly-generated value that is added to another value (such as a password) prior to hashing. Unlike a salt, a new one is generated for each value and it is held separately from the value.
    • verb
      (transitive)
      To add pepper to.
    • verb
      (transitive)
      To strike with something made up of small particles.
    • verb
      (transitive)
      To cover with lots of (something made up of small things).
    • verb
      (transitive)
      To add (something) at frequent intervals.
    • A spice prepared from the fermented, dried, unripe red berries of the pepper plant.
    • A spicy fruit of the Capsicum.
    • A fruit of the Capsicum: red, yellow or white, hollow and containing seeds, and in very spicy and mild varieties.
    • A mild fruit of the Capsicum.
    • fruit of the capsicum
    • add pepper to
    • strike with small particles
    • add at frequent intervals
    • plant
    • spice
    • To season with pepper.
    • Any fruit of a plant of the botanical genus Capsicum, noted for their spicy and burning flavour due to presence of capsaicin.
    • noun
      any of various tropical plants of the genus Capsicum bearing peppers
    • noun
      climber having dark red berries (peppercorns) when fully ripe; southern India and Sri Lanka; naturalized in northern Burma and Assam
    • noun
      pungent seasoning from the berry of the common pepper plant of East India; use whole or ground
    • noun
      sweet and hot varieties of fruits of plants of the genus Capsicum
    • verb
      add pepper to; "pepper the soup"
    • verb
      attack and bombard with or as if with missiles; "pelt the speaker with questions"

    Synonyms of "pepper" in English dictionary

    common pepper, capsicum, spice are the top synonyms of "pepper" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of pepper

    • lp  liczba pojedyncza pepper; lm  liczba mnoga peppers
    • pepper ( third-person singular simple present peppers, present participle peppering, simple past and past participle peppered)
    • pepper ( countable and uncountable;  plural  peppers)
    • pepper (countable and uncountable, plural peppers)
    • pepper (third-person singular simple present peppers, present participle peppering, simple past and past participle peppered)
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