Meaning & use
green pepper
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Meanings
nouncountable
a hollow, mild-tasting vegetable that is green and often bell-shaped, eaten raw or cooked
Grammar: Countable: a green pepper, two green peppers. Also used as a mass noun when chopped: add some green pepper.
Patterns
- a green pepper
- green peppers
- chopped green pepper
I added a chopped green pepper to the salad.
She stuffed the green peppers with rice and meat.
Green peppers are usually cheaper than red ones.
nouncountabletechnical
the unripe fruit of a bell pepper plant, used as a vegetable
Grammar: Same as above; often contrasted with red pepper, which is ripe.
Patterns
- green bell pepper
- slice a green pepper
A green pepper is simply a bell pepper that hasn't ripened yet.
The recipe calls for one green bell pepper, diced.
Word forms
| plural | green peppers |
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Common combinations
- chopped green pepper
- Add chopped green pepper to the sauce.
- stuffed green pepper
- Stuffed green peppers are a popular dish.
- slice a green pepper
- Slice the green pepper thinly for the stir-fry.
- green pepper and onion
- Sauté the green pepper and onion together.
Synonyms and how they differ
- bell pepper
- Bell pepper is the general term for any color; green pepper specifies the green, unripe one.
- sweet pepper
- Sweet pepper is another general term, but green pepper is more common in everyday cooking.
Opposites
Word family
- pepper noun
- A spice or a vegetable of the pepper family.
Commonly confused: green pepper or peppercorn? green pepper or chili pepper?
green pepper vs peppercorn
A peppercorn is the dried berry used as a spice; a green pepper is a vegetable.
green pepper vs chili pepper
A chili pepper is hot and spicy; a green pepper is mild.
Practice
I bought two ______ at the market.
Choose one answer.
After a number like 'two', use the plural countable form 'green peppers'. 'Green pepper' is singular and would need 'a' or 'one'.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “green pepper”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.