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# pepper

noun (pepper — uncountable spice; a pepper, peppers — vegetable); verb (pepper, peppers, peppered, peppering)

«pepper» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A hot-tasting powder made from dried, crushed peppercorns, used to season food (salt and pepper). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pepper/#m1)
2. A hollow vegetable, red, green, yellow or orange, also called a bell pepper or capsicum (sweet pepper); some small ones are hot (chilli peppers). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pepper/#m2)
3. To put pepper on food. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pepper/#m3)
4. To cover or fill something with many small things (a speech peppered with jokes; peppered with hail). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pepper/#m4)

### In the lessons

In cooking and everyday life, pepper is a spice on the table next to salt. Peppers are vegetables (botanically fruits, because they hold seeds). In science experiments, the «pepper and soap» trick shows surface tension: pepper floats, and soap makes it rush to the edges. In safety: pepper spray stings eyes; chilli peppers burn — wash hands before touching your eyes. Phrases: salt and pepper, black pepper, red pepper, pepper pot/shaker, peppered with.

### Examples

- Could you pass the salt and pepper, please? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pepper/#x1)
- Mum sliced a red pepper for the salad. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pepper/#x2)
- Black pepper made me sneeze. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pepper/#x3)
- Wash your hands after cutting chilli peppers before you touch your eyes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pepper/#x4)
- Sprinkle pepper on water, then touch it with soapy finger — watch it move! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pepper/#x5)
- Her story was peppered with funny jokes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pepper/#x6)
- In Australia, a bell pepper is called a capsicum. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pepper/#x7)
- She looked out, and the night was peppered with stars. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pepper/#x8)

### Note

Two meanings: pepper (spice, uncountable: some pepper) and a pepper (vegetable, countable: two peppers). The vegetable is called «capsicum» in Australia and New Zealand, «bell pepper» in the USA and Canada, «pepper» in the UK and Ireland.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «pepper» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pepper/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«pepper» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/pepper.html) on Mova free.