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pepper [noun] (POWDER)

a grey or white powder produced by crushing dry peppercorns, used to give a spicy, hot taste to food

US /ˈpep.ɚ/ 
UK /ˈpep.ər/ 

(پودر) فلفل

Example: 

salt and pepper

Oxford Essential Dictionary

pepper

 noun

(no plural) powder with a hot taste that you put on food:
salt and pepper

(plural peppers) a red, green or yellow vegetable that is almost empty inside

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

pepper

I.   noun

I. pepper1 S3 /ˈpepə $ -ər/ noun
 [Language: Old English; Origin: pipor, from Latin piper, from Greek peperi]

 1. [uncountable] a powder that is used to add a hot taste to food:
   • salt and pepper ⇨ black pepper, white pepper
 2.
   [countable] a hollow red, green, or yellow vegetable, eaten either raw or cooked with other food SYN bell pepper American English⇨ sweet pepper, cayenne pepper, red pepper

Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

pepper

pep·per [pepper peppers peppered peppering] noun, verb  [ˈpepə(r)]    [ˈpepər]

noun

1. uncountable a powder made from dried berries (called peppercorns), used to give a hot flavour to food

• Season with salt and pepper

• freshly ground pepper

see also  black pepper, cayenne, white pepper

2. (BrE) (also ˌsweet ˈpepper BrE, NAmE) (NAmE ˈbell pepper) countable, uncountable a hollow fruit, usually red, green or yellow, eaten as a vegetable either raw or cooked

Word Origin:

Old English piper, pipor, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch peper and German Pfeffer; via Latin from Greek peperi, from Sanskrit pippalī ‘berry, peppercorn’.

Example Bank:

• Add salt and pepper to taste.

• He gave me a great recipe for stuffed peppers.

• He put some pepper on his steak.

• freshly ground black pepper

• peppers stuffed with meat and rice

Derived: pepper somebody with something  pepper something with something 

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 4th Edition
 

pepper / ˈpep.ə r /   / -ɚ / noun [ U ] (POWDER)

A2 a grey or white powder produced by crushing dry peppercorns, used to give a spicy, hot taste to food:

freshly ground black pepper

salt and pepper
 

pepper / ˈpep.ə r /   / -ɚ / noun [ C ] (VEGETABLE)

pepper

B1 a vegetable that is usually green, red, or yellow, has a rounded shape, and is hollow with seeds in the middle:

a red/green pepper

Peppers are usually cooked with other vegetables or eaten raw in salads.

Red peppers are ideal for roasting in the oven.

Collins Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary

pepper

[pe̱pə(r)]
 ♦♦♦
 peppers, peppering, peppered

 1) N-UNCOUNT Pepper is a hot-tasting spice which is used to flavour food.
  Season with salt and pepper.
  ...freshly ground black pepper.
 2) N-COUNT A pepper or, in American English a bell pepper, is a hollow green, red, or yellow vegetable with seeds inside it.
  Syn:
  capsicum
 3) VERB: usu passive If something is peppered with small objects, a lot of those objects hit it.
  [be V-ed with n] He was wounded in both legs and severely peppered with shrapnel...
  [be V-ed with n] Suddenly the garden was peppered with pellets.
 4) VERB If something is peppered with things, it has a lot of those things in it or on it.
  [be V-ed with n] While her English was correct, it was peppered with French phrases...
  [be V-ed with n] Outside, the road was peppered with glass...
  [V n] Yachts peppered the tranquil waters of Botafogo Bay.

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary

1pep·per /ˈpɛpɚ/ nounpl -pers
1 [noncount] : a food seasoning that is made by grinding the dried berries of an Indian plant along with their hard, black covers : black pepper
• Please pass the salt and pepper.
• freshly ground pepper
- see also cayenne pepper, salt-and-pepper, white pepper
2 [count] : a hollow vegetable that is usually red, green, or yellow and that is eaten raw or cooked
• The steak was served with peppers and onions.
• Be careful handling hot peppers.