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pepper

pepper [noun] (VEGETABLE)

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

US

/ˈpep.ɚ/

UK

/ˈpep.ər/

گياه‌ فلفل‌

مثال:

a salt shaker and a pepper shaker

فلفل‌دان‌ و نمكدان‌

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

معادل فارسی:

گياه‌ فلفل‌

مثال انگلیسی:

a salt shaker and a pepper shaker

فلفل‌دان‌ و نمكدان‌

سطح، موضوع و برچسب

موضوع:

سطح:

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Oxford Essential Dictionary

pepper

noun

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

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

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

pepper

I. noun

I. pep‧per1 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 [ 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.

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

Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary

pepper

/pepə(r)/
(peppers, peppering, peppered)

Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.

1.
Pepper is a hot-tasting spice which is used to flavour food.
Season with salt and pepper.
...freshly ground black pepper.
N-UNCOUNT

2.
A pepper, or in American English a bell pepper, is a hollow green, red, or yellow vegetable with seeds inside it.
N-COUNT

3.
If something is peppered with small objects, a lot of those objects hit it.
He was wounded in both legs and severely peppered with shrapnel...
VERB: usu passive, be V-ed with n

4.
If something is peppered with things, it has a lot of those things in it or on it.
While her English was correct, it was peppered with French phrases...
Yachts peppered the tranquil waters of Botafogo Bay.
VERB: be V-ed with n, V n

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary:

¹pep·per /ˈpɛpɚ/ noun, pl -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.