Meaning & use
pepper
A hot or mild spice made from dried, ground berries, or a hollow vegetable eaten as food.
See it in a sentence
She sprinkled black pepper over the pasta before serving it to her guests.
He sliced a red pepper into thin strips for the stir-fry.
A note on using this word
Pepper covers both the ground spice from peppercorns and the unrelated vegetable, such as a bell pepper; context shows which is meant.
Words with a similar meaning
spice
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Another way to use it
2. verb
To scatter or hit something repeatedly with many small things in quick succession.
Reporters peppered the mayor with questions about the budget cuts.
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